Exam 3: Physical Changes Associated with Aging

Which of the following BEST describes the findings of researchers studying insomnia and aging?

Which of the following has been found to lessen age-related reductions in muscle mass?

Chang complains to his doctor that his fingers are stiff and his knuckles are swollen. What is Chang's doctor's MOST likely diagnosis?

What is the term for the type of urinary incontinence Sandy experiences when she coughs or sneezes?

Naomi has Type 2 diabetes. What does this mean about insulin in relation to Naomi's body?

Identify two effects of normal aging that can lead to social isolation and identify interventions that could help these socially isolated individuals be more comfortable in social situations.

Which of the following describes the proposition in the Hayflick limit?

Dr. Rutherford is researching predictors of death. He has found that people with which condition are three times more likely to die than those who do not have the condition?

Which of the following would a 70-year-old woman with presbyphonia have in comparison to when she was 40 years old?

Androgenetic alopecia is another term for which of the following?

Briefly describe how vision, hearing, taste and smell, and touch change with age, and identify one risk associated with each of the changes and one way to mitigate each risk.

Ruth is 80 years old and thought the bath water felt fine, but when she got out of the tub she was bright red and burned in some places. Ruth misjudged the water's temperature because which of the following declines with age?

Alice is 74 years old. Which sleep disorder is she MOST likely to experience?

Problems seeing in dim light and difficulty with dark adaptation as a person ages are the result of changes to which part of the eye?

Judith has a wound on her foot that will not heal. She cannot walk or drive a car because of the wound and she is feeling socially isolated. Judith's condition is MOST likely a complication from which of the following?

Marg is 77 years old and is experiencing extreme abdominal pain and fever. Which of the following is MOST likely the cause of her symptoms?

Which of the following is MOST closely associated with cognitive decline and dementia?

Simone's doctor told her that she has abnormal blood vessels growing behind her retina. What condition are these abnormal blood vessels a symptom of?

By the time Ulric turns 80 how much of the muscle that he had in his youth will he have lost?

Which of the following is MOST closely linked to immunological memory?