Aging & Exercise

Question 0

elderly people are the blank segment of american society

Answer 0

fastest growing

Question 1

elderly people are blank or older

Answer 1

85

Question 2

life expectancy at birth has increased by more than blank since 1900

Answer 2

60%

Question 3

percent of sedentary lifestyles

Answer 3

25

Question 4

percent that does not engage in regular physical activity

Answer 4

60

Question 5

percent of adults that engage in physical activity for 30 minutes at least 3 times per week

Answer 5

15

Question 6

percent that engages in light to moderate physical activity regularly

Answer 6

22

Question 7

highest strength levels are achieved during this age range

Answer 7

20-40

Question 8

concentric strength of muscle groups decline slowly then more quickly after blank

Answer 8

middle age

Question 9

blank strength declines at a later age than blank strength

Answer 9

eccentric, concentric

Question 10

blank stregnth decreases more slowly than blank

Answer 10

arm, leg

Question 11

a normal, continuous process that involves motor endplate repair and reconstruction, gradually deteriorates in old age

Answer 11

motor unit remodeling

Question 12

denervation of muscles with age causes blank

Answer 12

muscle atrophy

Question 13

muscle fibers most affected by denervation from aging

Answer 13

type 2

Question 14

increase in the number of blank fibers with aging

Answer 14

type 1

Question 15

muscle size decreases at this age

Answer 15

30

Question 16

muscle size decreases by about blank percent between 30 and 50

Answer 16

10

Question 17

aging leads to a blank decline in the spinal cord axons number and a blank percent decline in nerve conduction velocity

Answer 17

40, 10

Question 18

physical activity blanks the effects of aging on muscles and neural function

Answer 18

slows

Question 19

glucose tolerance decreases with age which can lead to blank

Answer 19

type 2 diabetes

Question 20

pituitary gland decreases release of thyroid stimulating hormone blank which affects blank function

Answer 20

thyrotropin, metabolic

Question 21

hormonal changes can result in blank with age

Answer 21

somatopause, menopause, andropause

Question 22

tidal volume blanks with age

Answer 22

stays the same

Question 23

elastic recoil of lung tissue blank with age

Answer 23

decreases

Question 24

reserve volumes of lungs blank with age

Answer 24

decreases

Question 25

total lung capacity blank with age

Answer 25

does not change

Question 26

blank constraints cause deterioration in static and dynamic lung function

Answer 26

mechanical