Lecture 30: Perceptions of and functional challenges associated w/ aging

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this is anything that can be preventable not just the absence of disease

Question 2

aging does not = disability

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theroies of aging

Question 5

which theory states:
* Age releated changes at the celllular level
* Cellular stress from free radicals
* Neuroendocrine or hormonal changes from stresses
* Chronic low grade systemic inflammation associated w/ aging

Answer 5

Developmental-Genetic-Fundamentalist

Question 6

Which theory states
* Environmental damage to the DNA of the cell (ex radiation)
* Lack of sleep
* Hormonal imbalance
* Cellular mechanics

Answer 6

Non-genetic environmental

Question 7

chronicological age = days since birth

physiological age: based on extrinisic and intrinsic variables (think low socioeconomic status / bad nutrition etc…)

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decrease in brain size w/ age. this increases w/ alzhimers / dementia

ventricles enlarge w/ age

Question 12

memory is slowed w/ age but not lost (w/ normal aging)

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max vo2 declines after 30