Chapter 21 – Gerontology Exam Questions and Answers 100% Pass

Chapter 21 – Gerontology Exam Questions and Answers 100% Pass ankylo- - bent, crooked, stiff arteri-, arterio- - artery arthr-, arthro- - joint, articulation centi- - hindred derm-, derma- - skin gero-, geront-, geronto-, presby-, presbyo- - old age hyper- - above, over hypo- - deficient, below normal mort- - death noct- - night -ology - study of -opia - vision ost-, oste-, osteo- - bone -penia - deficiency phaco- - relating to the lens phot-, photo- - light Page 2/11 Crafted for Academic Insight by KatelynWhitman. All rights reserved © 2025 sarco- - muscle scler-, sclero- - hard spondyl-, spondylo- - vertebrae xero- - dry aging - process of growing old gerontology - scientific study of the clinical, sociological, biological, and psychological aspects of aging gerontologist - person who specializes in gerontology geriatrics - branch of medicine concerned with the health care of the elderly senescence - changes that occur with aging longevity - duration of life beyond the norm for the species lifespan - normal or average duration og life for members of a given species life expectancy - average number of years a person born today can expect to live under current conditions centenarians - individuals who live to be 100 years old or more morbidity - condition of being ill mortality - refers to death epidemiology - branch of science that deals with the incidence, distribution, and possible control of diseases and other factors related to health Page 3/11 Crafted for Academic Insight by KatelynWhitman. All rights reserved © 2025 activities of daily living (ADL) - acts of basic care such as bathing, dressing, going to the bathroom, getting in or out of bed or a chair, walking, and eating instrumental activities of daily living (IADL) - activities of daily living plus tasks such as shopping, preparing meals, managing money, using the telephone, and doing housework occupational therapy (OT) - form of therapy for individuals recuperating from physical or mental illness that encourages rehabilitation through the performance of activities required for daily life occupational therapist (OT) - person trained to practice occupational therapy Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) - gives public health information, recommendations, and epidemiology data; published by the CDC heart disease - what is the leading cause of death among the elderly? xeroderma - excessive skin dryness photoaging - skin wrinkling and damage due to years of sun exposure skin tag - an outgrowth from the skin that hangs from the durface by a thin stalk hypothermia - body temperature lower than 98.6