Chapter 12: Adulthood; age 25-65, body and mind

Question 1

senescence

Answer 1

a gradual physical decline that is related to aging and during which the body becomes less strong and efficient
physical appearance
vision
hearing

Question 2

Menopause

Answer 2

the time in middle age (around age 50) when a woman’s menstrual periods cease completely and the progesterone, and testosterone drops considerably. menopause is dated to one year after a woman’s last menstrual period

Question 3

Andropause (male menopause)

Answer 3

a term coined to signify a drop in testosterone levels on older men, which normally results in a reduction in sexual desire, erections, and muscle mass

Question 4

sexual reproductive system

Answer 4

sexual arousal occurs more slowly with age, and orgasm takes longer.
distress at slower responsiveness is more associated with anxiety, interpersonal relationships, and expectations than with aging itself.
sexual activity decreases but not sexual satisfaction

Question 5

fertility issues (male infertility)

Answer 5

multiple factors (e.g. advanced age, fever, radiation, prescription drugs, stress, environmental toxins, drug abuse, alcoholism, cigarette smoking) can reduce sperm number, shape, and motility

Question 6

fertility (female fertility)

Answer 6

affected by anything that impairs physical functioning (e.g. advanced age, disease, smoking, extreme dieting, obesity).
Pelvic inflammatory disease can block a woman’s fallopian tubes, preventing sperm from reaching an ovum

Question 7

treatment for infertility

Answer 7

assisted reproductive technology (ART) - advances in medicine have solved about half of all fertility problems; ART overcomes obstacles such as a low sperm count and blocked fallopian tubes.
In vitro fertilization (IVF) - a technique in which ova egg cells) are surgically removed from a woman and fertilized with sperm in a laboratory, after the original fertilized cells (the zygotes) have divided several times, they are inserted into the woman’s uterus