Chapter 1 Flashcards
What is aging?
a process or group of processes occurring in living organisms that with the passage of time lead to a loss of adaptability, functional impairment, and death.
What is secular effects?
Environmental effects that influence all people who live within an identified period. (e.g. in the 1980s, serum cholesterol decreased over 7- year interval in all age groups.
Primary aging (aging process)
universal age-related changes within species that are independent of disease or environmental influence.
secondary aging (the process of aging)
clinical symptoms and includes the effects od environment and disease.
female age between?
45 to 60 and 70 to 80 years
infant
0-2 years (1st decade)
child
3-12 years (1st-2nd decade)
Adolescent
13-17 years (2nd decade)
young adult
18-24 years (2nd-3rd decade)
adult
25-44 years (3rd-5th decade)
Middle-aged adult
45-64 years (5th- 7th decade)
Young-old
65-74 years (7th-8th decade)
Old
75-84 years (8th-9th decade)
old-old
85-99 years (9th-10th decade)
Oldest old
100+ years (11th decade)
