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Chapter 21 – Gerontology Exam Questions and Answers 100% Pass ankylo- - bent, crooked, stiff arteri-, arterio- - artery arthr-, arthro- - joint, articulation centi- - hindred derm-, derma- - skin gero-, geront-, geronto-, presby-, presbyo- - old age hyper- - above, over hypo- - deficient...

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ankylo- - ✔✔bent, crooked, stiff


arteri-, arterio- - ✔✔artery


arthr-, arthro- - ✔✔joint, articulation


centi- - ✔✔hindred


derm-, derma- - ✔✔skin


gero-, geront-, geronto-, presby-, presbyo- - ✔✔old age


hyper- - ✔✔above, over


hypo- - ✔✔deficient, below normal


mort- - ✔✔death


noct- - ✔✔night


-ology - ✔✔study of


-opia - ✔✔vision


ost-, oste-, osteo- - ✔✔bone


-penia - ✔✔deficiency


phaco- - ✔✔relating to the lens


phot-, photo- - ✔✔light

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, sarco- - ✔✔muscle


scler-, sclero- - ✔✔hard


spondyl-, spondylo- - ✔✔vertebrae


xero- - ✔✔dry


aging - ✔✔process of growing old


gerontology - ✔✔scientific study of the clinical, sociological, biological, and psychological aspects of

aging


gerontologist - ✔✔person who specializes in gerontology


geriatrics - ✔✔branch of medicine concerned with the health care of the elderly


senescence - ✔✔changes that occur with aging


longevity - ✔✔duration of life beyond the norm for the species


lifespan - ✔✔normal or average duration og life for members of a given species


life expectancy - ✔✔average number of years a person born today can expect to live under current

conditions


centenarians - ✔✔individuals who live to be 100 years old or more


morbidity - ✔✔condition of being ill


mortality - ✔✔refers to death


epidemiology - ✔✔branch of science that deals with the incidence, distribution, and possible control of

diseases and other factors related to health




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