Lifespan Development

Question 1

What is lifespan development?

Answer 1

Age-related changes occurring from birth, throughout a person’s life, into and during old age.

Question 2

How many stages of life are there?

Answer 2

Six.

Question 3

When is childhood?

Answer 3

2-10yrs

Question 4

When is adolescence?

Answer 4

10-20yrs

Question 5

When is early adulthood? (prime of life)

Answer 5

20-40yrs

Question 6

When is middle age?

Answer 6

40-65yrs

Question 7

When is rapid foetal growth?

Answer 7

Third Trimester

Question 8

What organs develop in the first 4 weeks?

Answer 8

Placenta (week 1), brain and spinal cord (week 2), heart and foetal circulation (week 3), lungs (week 4)

Question 9

When is the critical period?

Answer 9

First trimester

Question 10

What is the first adaptation during pregnancy?

Answer 10

Umbilical vein - carries oxygenated blood from the placenta to the foetus and continues into the mother’s liver.

Question 11

What is the second adaptation during pregnancy?

Answer 11

Ductus Venosus - carries oxygenated blood from the umbilical vein and meets up with inferior vena cava.

Question 12

What is the third adaptation during pregnancy?

Answer 12

Foramen Ovale - allows blood to go from one atrium to the other.

Question 13

What is the fourth adaptation during pregnancy?

Answer 13

Ductus Arteriosus - allows blood to go from the pulmonary artery to the aorta.

Question 14

What is the fifth adaptation during pregnancy?

Answer 14

Umbilical Artery - carries deoxygenated blood from the foetal circulation to the placenta.

Question 15

What happens during childhood?

Answer 15

Slow, steady physical growth and refinement of motor skills.

Question 16

What happens during adolescence?

Answer 16

Puberty, rapid hormonal changes.

Question 17

What happens during early adulthood?

Answer 17

Intellectual, emotional and social development, mostly physically cable.

Question 18

What happens during middle age?

Answer 18

Gradual signs of degeneration, menopause, andropause

Question 19

What is primary ageing?

Answer 19

Inevitable process of body’s natural deterioration that takes place during life.

Question 20

What is secondary ageing?

Answer 20

Result of disease and poor health practices, often preventable to some degree.

Question 21

What are the manifestations of ageing?

Answer 21

Cellular changes, altered metabolic processes, altered perfusion, impaired mobility, proliferative changes, impaired immune response, fluid/electrolyte imbalance, appearance, altered nutrition, altered elimination.