Exam 17: Physical Development in Late Adulthood

At 60 years of age,the retina receives only about _____ as much light as it did at 20 years of age.

_____ are the ninth leading cause of death among older adults.

In terms of percentage of total weight,which of following increases as a person reaches late adulthood?

Color vision declines with age due to:

What is the label used to describe the onset of alcoholism after the age of 65.

The _____ is involved in memory.

Which of the following is NOT true of older adults' response to hearing loss?

In 2011,which of the following countries had the highest estimated life expectancy?

Which theory of aging states that aging in the body's hormonal system can lower resistance to stress and increase the likelihood of disease?

Describe the major changes in sexual functioning among older males.

A recent national survey revealed that 63 percent of adults _____ had a hearing loss defined as an inability to hear sounds at frequencies higher than 25 dB with their better ear.

Regular _____ has been shown to decrease the onset of physical disability in older adults.

In the New England Centenarian Study,_____ percent of the individuals 100 years and older were living independently at home.

Cigarette smoking contributes to _____,a condition in which individuals may have relatively normal peripheral vision but may be unable to see clearly what is right in front of them.

According to the cellular clock theory,after about 70 or 80 replications,the cell no longer can reproduce and the _____ are dramatically reduced.

Discuss the cellular clock theory of aging.

Which microbiological theory of aging suggests that human cells are subject to a fixed limit on the number of times they can divide and that this decreased ability to divide places an upper boundary on the human life-span potential?

Defects in mitochondria have been linked with all of the following conditions EXCEPT:

What is the term for the group of vitamins that may be able to help slow the aging process and improve the health of older adults?

Although there are differences in the quality of care in nursing homes and other extended-care facilities in the United States,more than _____ are considered to be seriously deficient.