FRHD Key Terms Exam #1 Questions with Correct Answers
Middle Adulthood - ✔✔45-65
Late adulthood - ✔✔65+
Lifespan - ✔✔How long you will live; women higher than men
Why do women live longer than men - ✔✔Men are at more risk of cancer, car
crashes, heart disease due to health habits (smoking),, lifestyles and occupation
(construction)
Centenarians - ✔✔People who live 100 or older
- Loss obesity and smoking in these people and not many cognitive issues
Height trends and weight trends - ✔✔Height tends to decrease due to bone loss
in vertebrate causing an increase in obesity amongst older people
Strength trends - ✔✔Max strength is in 20's due to sarcopenia in future
Sacropenia - ✔✔Sacropenia is age-related loss of muscle, strength
- Caused by smoking, diabetes and obesity
Bone loss - ✔✔Occurs in mid-30's and accelerates in 50's
To reduce, eat more fruits and vegetables
, Osteoporosis - ✔✔Loss of bone tissue
- Leading cause of broken bones
- More common in women due to a loss of estrogen during menopause
Leading cause for hospitalization in old adults - ✔✔Falls! Terrible for mental
health: causes fear, loss of autonomy, greater isolation and depression
Vision changes - ✔✔Most people lose vision seeing close things and cannot
tolerate as much glare and their FOV decreases (peripheral)
Cataracts - ✔✔Thickening of the lens causing cloudy and distorted; very common
by 70 years
Glaucoma - ✔✔Damage to the optic nerve due to pressure buildup of fluid in eye
- Treated with eyedrops; if untreated, destroys vision
Macular degeneration - ✔✔Deterioration of macula of retinae which is
responsible for focusing the centre of your FOV
Changes in hearing - ✔✔Men tend to lose the ability to hear high pitch sound
sooner due to occupation
- Actually one of the reasons for more falls as you get older
Touch, smell and taste - ✔✔All decrease with age
Middle Adulthood - ✔✔45-65
Late adulthood - ✔✔65+
Lifespan - ✔✔How long you will live; women higher than men
Why do women live longer than men - ✔✔Men are at more risk of cancer, car
crashes, heart disease due to health habits (smoking),, lifestyles and occupation
(construction)
Centenarians - ✔✔People who live 100 or older
- Loss obesity and smoking in these people and not many cognitive issues
Height trends and weight trends - ✔✔Height tends to decrease due to bone loss
in vertebrate causing an increase in obesity amongst older people
Strength trends - ✔✔Max strength is in 20's due to sarcopenia in future
Sacropenia - ✔✔Sacropenia is age-related loss of muscle, strength
- Caused by smoking, diabetes and obesity
Bone loss - ✔✔Occurs in mid-30's and accelerates in 50's
To reduce, eat more fruits and vegetables
, Osteoporosis - ✔✔Loss of bone tissue
- Leading cause of broken bones
- More common in women due to a loss of estrogen during menopause
Leading cause for hospitalization in old adults - ✔✔Falls! Terrible for mental
health: causes fear, loss of autonomy, greater isolation and depression
Vision changes - ✔✔Most people lose vision seeing close things and cannot
tolerate as much glare and their FOV decreases (peripheral)
Cataracts - ✔✔Thickening of the lens causing cloudy and distorted; very common
by 70 years
Glaucoma - ✔✔Damage to the optic nerve due to pressure buildup of fluid in eye
- Treated with eyedrops; if untreated, destroys vision
Macular degeneration - ✔✔Deterioration of macula of retinae which is
responsible for focusing the centre of your FOV
Changes in hearing - ✔✔Men tend to lose the ability to hear high pitch sound
sooner due to occupation
- Actually one of the reasons for more falls as you get older
Touch, smell and taste - ✔✔All decrease with age
