Module 1 & 2- Introduction to Physiology of Aging

Question 1

physiology

Answer 1

study of the bodily function of humans

Question 2

anatomy

Answer 2

study go bodily structure of humans

Question 3

gerontology

Answer 3

study of social, cultural, psychological, cognitive, and biological aspects of

Question 4

adolescence

Answer 4

rate of development

Question 5

senescence

Answer 5

to grow old

Question 6

cellular senescence

Answer 6

cells that stopped developing

Question 7

leukocytes

Answer 7

protect against pathogens

Question 8

neuron

Answer 8

transmits signals throughout the body

Question 9

histology

Answer 9

study of tissue

Question 10

hypertrophy

Answer 10

a GROWTH in the size of tissue by an increase in the SIZE of cells

Question 11

hyperplasia

Answer 11

a GROWTH in the size of tissue by an increase in the NUMBER of cells

Question 12

atrophy

Answer 12

a SHRINKAGE in the size of tissue by a decrease in the NUMBER or SIZE of cells

Question 13

metaplasia (not cancer)

Answer 13

a CHANGE in the cell composition of tissue

Question 14

neoplasia (cancer)

Answer 14

the PROLIFERATION of abnormal cells within tissue

Question 15

unifying tenet

Answer 15

body’s failure to repair damage

Question 16

cells with a diminished functional capacity
alternations accumulate as we age

Answer 16

error theory

Question 17

unstable molecules that are byproducts
altered DNA
(smoking)

Answer 17

free radical theory

Question 18

immune function become scarer with age become swelled

Answer 18

immune theory

Question 19

telomeres shorten and chromosomes fray

Answer 19

programmed theory of aging

Question 20

positive and negative feedback loops

Answer 20

neuroendocrine theory