Mod 3 Healthy Aging and Indipendence

Question 1

Acuity

Answer 1

Keenness or sharpness of perception

Question 2

Atrophy

Answer 2

A decrease in size or wasting away of tissue

Question 3

Dysphasia

Answer 3

Difficulty swallowing

Question 4

Dyspnea

Answer 4

Difficult, laboured, or painful breathing

Question 5

Incontinence

Answer 5

Inability to control the action of urinating or defecating

Question 6

Peripheral vision

Answer 6

The ability to see things from the side without turning the head

Question 7

Tinnitus

Answer 7

persistent abnormal ear noise usually describes as “ringing” sound in one or both ears

Question 8

Visual field

Answer 8

Area in which objects can be seen

Question 9

Left hemisphere

Answer 9

-controls the right side of the body
-reasoning
-skills involving numbers
-specific ability’s
-use and understanding of sign language
-spoken and written language

Question 10

Right Hemisphere

Answer 10

-controls the left side of the body
-musical and artistic ability’s
-perception of space and patterns
-recognition of faces, and the emotions being expressed
-understanding of emotions expressed in language
-identifying and comparing of different odours

Question 11

Cerebrum

Answer 11

Largest part of the brain, controls voluntary movement, receives information from the senses, and is involved in memory, personality, and intelligence. Contains the limbic system, which is involved with emotion, pleasure, pain, affection, fear and anger

Question 12

Cerebellum

Answer 12

Acts as a bridge between the medulla oblongata and the cerebrum. Connects nerve messages for voluntary muscle movement, balance and breathing

Question 13

Medulla oblongata

Answer 13

Connects the brain to the spinal cord and controls functions such as heart rate, breathing, and digestion. It is also the “relay station” for nerve signals that go to and from the brain

Question 14

Joints become stiff and painful in the - system

Answer 14

musculoskeletal

Question 15

Constipation occurs in the - system

Answer 15

Digestive

Question 16

In the - system, skin is fragile and can easily tear

Answer 16

Integumentary

Question 17

In the - system, vision and hearing decrease

Answer 17

Sensory

Question 18

Breathing difficultly and difficulty with coughing occur in the - system

Answer 18

Respiratory

Question 19

Sperm count is reduced in the - system

Answer 19

Reproductive

Question 20

Incontinence occurs in the - system

Answer 20

Urinary

Question 21

The heart has to work harder in the - system

Answer 21

Circulatory

Question 22

The young-old category is within which growth and development stage?

Answer 22

Late adulthood

Question 23

Young-old describes an adult in which age range?

Answer 23

55-74 years

Question 24

Retiring from his career is characteristic of a person in which category?

Answer 24

Young- old

Question 25

A physical change that occurs in aging that bones can easily break. In which system does this occur?

Answer 25

Musculoskeletal

Question 26

Which physical change occurs in the female reproductive system during the aging process?

Answer 26

The uterus decreases in size

Question 27

Which sensory system is worsened from a build up of wax?

Answer 27

Hearing

Question 28

Which two colours become difficult to see as aging occurs?

Answer 28

Blue and green

Question 29

The social need is in which layer of maslows heirchy of needs?

Answer 29

Third