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CHAPTER 3 Flashcards

1
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Cross Sectional Studies

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Looking at different groups at the same time

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Matching

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Groups must be similar

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Cohort Effect Groups

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are different and may affect the outcome of the study

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4
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Survivor Effect

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those who have survived may be different than those who have died

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5
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Longitudinal Studies

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Same group is studied year after year

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Clinical (Controlled) Trials

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Researcher has the ability to control one aspect of the study at a time to study only one variable

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7
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Randomized Controlled Trial

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The Gold Standard

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8
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Other studies utilized when assessing the physiological process of aging:

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randomized trial
blind study
double-blind study
sampling

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9
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Age changes must be:

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universal
intrinsic
progressive
irreversible
deleterious
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10
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Universal

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occurs in all members to a certain degree

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Intrinisic

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caused by age and not environmental factors

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12
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Progressive

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gradual rather than a specific event

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13
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Irreversible

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maybe slow but not go back

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14
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Deleterious

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must lead to loss of function

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15
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The Integumentary System (SKIN) functions:

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protects underlying tissues
regulates body temperature
eliminates salt and other waste products
synthesizes Vitamin D
sensory receptors respond to environmental changes such as heat, cold, light, touch, pain
shedding of skin process is about 28 days but turnover rate decreases by 30-50% between ages 20-70

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16
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Biggest source of aging skin

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sun exposure

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17
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(skin) protects:

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underlying tissues

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18
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(skin) regulates:

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body temperature

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19
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(skin) eliminates:

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salt & waste products

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20
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(skin) synthesizes:

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vitamin D

21
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(skin) has __________ that respond to environmental changes

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sensory receptors

22
Q

(skin) shedding process for skin is about _________ days

A

28 days

23
Q

Cigarette smoking can

A

alter texture of skin

24
Q

facial expressions can create

A

“laugh lines”

25
Q

skin becomes more ______, _______, ______, ______, as we age

A

fragile
thinner
easier to tear
rough to touch

26
Q

Less blood circulates making elders feel:

A

cold

bruise easier

27
Q

As we age, _______ glands decrease

A

sweat

28
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We have reduced ____ ____ an altered ability to ________ and regulate body _______.

A

body odor
perspire
temperature

29
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Our skin is less able to produce _____

A

Vitamin D

30
Q

Clumping of melatonin that can produce

A

“liver spots”

spider veins

31
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Less ___________ makes skin sag

A

subcutaneous fat

32
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fingernails & toenails grow

A

more slowly

33
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graying of hair is caused by

A

loss of pigment

34
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photoaging

A

the suns changes on our skin

35
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UVA & UVB is

A

damaging

36
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Senile Pruritus

A

“itching in old persons”

37
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What causes Senile Pruritus?

A

dry skin

natural oils decline with age

38
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Stasis dermatitis

A

area around the ankles is more susceptible to injury and poor healing

39
Q

Skin Cancer is the most _______ type of cancer

A

common

40
Q

3 kinds of skin cancer

A

basal - treatable
squamous- treatable
melanoma
(unusual kinds)

41
Q

Melanoma is _______ but _______.

A

uncommon

serious

42
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Moles should be examined with ABCD

A

(A)symmetry
irregular (B)order
uneven (C)olor
(D)iamter greater than 6 mm

43
Q

There are over ___ bones:

A

200

44
Q

Bones store _____ and share it with _____:

A

calcium

other parts of the body

45
Q

What produces white and red blood cells?

A

bone marrow

46
Q

Skeletal muscles produce ______ actions:

A

voluntary

posture, facial expressions, locomotion

47
Q

Smooth muscles help in the ________

A

stomach

line digestive track, windpipe, bladder and blood vessels

48
Q

Sarcopenia is the loss of skeletal _____ ____.

common with ages above ___.

A

muscle mass

65

49
Q

most common type of arthritis

A

osteoarthritis

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