Prelims - AGING (Dr. Nobleza)

Question 1

TRUE or FALSE

There is a typical old person

Answer 1

FALSE

Question 2

TRUE or FALSE

Only a small portion of older people are care dependent

Answer 2

TRUE

Question 3

TRUE or FALSE

Aging Population will INCREASE health care costs by as much as double the usual costs middle age groups

Answer 3

FALSE

Question 4

TRUE or FALSE

70 is the new 60

Answer 4

FALSE

Question 5

TRUE or FALSE

Good Health in older age is the absence of Disease

Answer 5

FALSE

Question 6

TRUE or FALSE

Aging is all about the genes

Answer 6

FALSE

Question 7

Other term for Aging

Answer 7

Senescence

Question 8

Optimal physiologically integrates function is attained

Answer 8

Adulthood

Question 9

Process of developing and maintaining functional ability that enables wellbeing in old age

Answer 9

Healthy Aging

Question 10

Capbilities that enable people to be and what they have reason to value

Answer 10

Functional Ability

Question 11

Population is aging when the population of older people in a given population comprise

Answer 11

7% or over

Question 12

Older people are those

Answer 12

Aged 60 years old or over

Question 13

By 2020, the aging population will increase to

Answer 13

3x

Question 14

Africa: Minimum data set project for Ageing

Answer 14

50y/o

Question 15

The aging population is expected to _________ by 2025 and reach __________ by 2050

Answer 15

double

2 billion

Question 16

Indicator of overall health of a country

Answer 16

Average Lifespan of a Newborn

Question 17

It is the study of the physiological and psychological changes seen in old age

Answer 17

Gerontology

Question 18

It refers to the study of Health Problems and diseases prevalent in Old Age

Answer 18

Geriatrics

Question 19

4 Factors Affecting Aging

Answer 19

Genetics
Physiology
Socio-Economics
Lifestyle

*LIFESTYLE - Primary Factor

Question 20

Refers to the length of time the individual has existed

Answer 20

Age

Question 21

Age determined be PHYSIOLOGY

Answer 21

Biological Age

Question 22

Age in CALENDAR YEARS

Answer 22

Chronological Age

Question 23

Associated with reparative and regenerative potential in tissues and organs

Answer 23

Biological Age

Question 24

Normal transition occuring in life as one ages

Answer 24

Chronological Age

Question 25

STANDARD to determine aging

Answer 25

Functional Capacity

Question 26

TRUE or FALSE Aging determine HEALTH SPAN rather than LIFE SPAN

Answer 26

TRUE

Question 27

This theory states that those that ADAPT TO CHANGES, SURVIVE, WHILE THOSE THAN CANNOT, EVENTUALLY AGE AND DIE

Answer 27

Natural Selection Theories

Question 28

Normal course of aging | Normal changes in the aging process

Answer 28

PRIMARY AGING

Question 29

Susceptibility to disease

Answer 29

SECONDARY AGING

Question 30

According to him, aging is DUE TO LOSS OF BODY HEAT

Answer 30

Hippocrates

Question 31

According to him, aging is LOSS OF BODY HEAT; slowed by GOOD HYGIENE

Answer 31

Bacon

Question 32

According to him, aging is LOSS OF IRRITABILITY IN MUSCLE AND NERVOUS TISSUE

Answer 32

Darwin

Question 33

2 Modern Theories of Aging

Answer 33

(1) Programmed Theories | (2) Error or Damaged Theories

Question 34

3 Programmed Theories

Answer 34

(1) Programmed Longevity (2) Endocrine Theory (3) Immunological Theory

Question 35

3 Damage or Error Theories

Answer 35

(1) Oxidative Stress Theory (2) Glycation Hypothesis of Aging (3) DNA Damage Theory of Aging

Question 36

According to this theory, AGING IS A RESULT OF SEQUENTIAL SWITCHING ON AND OFF OF GENES

Answer 36

Programmed Longevity

Question 37

According to this theory, AGING IS HORMONALLY REGULATED

Answer 37

Endocrine Theory

Question 38

According to this theory, aging is the PROGRAMMED DECLINE IN IMMUNE SYSTEM INCREASE DISEASES, AGING AND DEATH

Answer 38

Immunological Theory

Question 39

This theory of aging, is characterized by FORMATION OF REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES which leads to potential DAMAGE TO PROTEINS, LIPIDS AND DNA

Answer 39

Oxidative Stress Theory

Question 40

3 Reactive Oxygen Species (ROS)

Answer 40

(1) Hydroxyl Radical (2) Hydrogen Peroxide (3) Superoxide Anion Radical

Question 41

Most important source of ROS is the

Answer 41

Mitochondrial Electron Transport Chain