N 2004 Final exam with correct answers,

PN 2004 Final exam with correct answers
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Stochastic Theories - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔view the effects of biological
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aging as resulting from random assaults from both the internal and external
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environment
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Nonstochastic theories - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔explain biological aging
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as resulting from a complex predetermined process
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Examples of Stochastic Theories - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Cross-linking
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theory, free radicals and lipofuscin theories, wear and tear theories,
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evolutionary theories, biogerontology
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Examples of Nonstochastic Theories - CORRECT ANSWERS
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✔✔Programmed/Apoptosis, Genetic Theories, Autoimmune Reactions,
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Neuroendocrine and Neurochemical Theories, Radiation Theories, Nutrition
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Theories, Environmental Theories
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Cross-linking - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔proposes that cellular division is
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#threatened as a result of radiation or a chemical reaction in which a cross-
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linking agent attaches itself to a DNA strand and prevents normal parting of
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#the strands during mitosis
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Free Radicals and Lipofuscin Theories - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔aging is
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due to oxidative metabolism and the effects of free radicals
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