ADULT-GERO II MIDTERM Questions with Correct Solutions

ADULT-GERO II MIDTERM Questions with Correct Solutions


Question:
1. Geriatrics is at the intersection of 3 forces:

Answer:
1. Gerontology (basic + applied)
2. Chronic disease management (especially multi-morbidities)
3. End of life care


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2. Definition of mortality

Answer:
How much longer a person is expected to live


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3. Definition of aging

Answer:
Time-dependent sequential deterioration that occurs in most living things (including
weakness, susceptibility to disease, loss of mobility and agility, age-related changes etc)


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4. Life expectancy vs life span

Answer:
Expectancy - what proportion of the possible maximum age a person may live Life span -
biological limit to how many years a species can expect to survive


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5. Chronological vs gerontological aging

Answer:
Chronological - actual age (ie 22, 47) Gerontological - based on the risk of dying (the force of
mortality) Some people with same chronological age may have different biological ages
depending on their health state


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6. Health span definition

Answer:
Number of years that are spent free of functional limitations, morbidity and chronic pain Goal
of most best practice approaches (slow/prevent AE over time)

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7. Compression of morbidity

Answer:
The amount of disability can decrease as morbidity is compressed into the shorter span
between the increasing age of onset of diability and the fixed occurrence of death


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8. Geroscience hypothesis

Answer:
targeting fundamental mechanisms may be able to decrease the likelihood of multiple aging
processes


Question:
9. Moderation in all areas (food intake, alcohol), regular physical activity and an engaging
social life are critical to successful aging (maybe also environmental factors)

Answer:
SOURCE-DERIVED STUDY RESPONSE (CHECK CONTEXT): Key concept from the supplied
study statement: Moderation in all areas (food intake, alcohol), regular physical activity and
an engaging social life are critical to successful aging (maybe also environmental factors)


Question:
10. Hemeostenosis

Answer:
Gradual loss of homeostatic mechanisms Begin in early adulthood but does not become
functionally significant until the loss is extensive


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11. Functional perfomance of an organ depends on:

Answer:
1. The rate of deterioration
2. The level of performance needed Loss of function not significant until it crosses a given
level


Question:
12. The hallmark of aging is

Answer:
How the organ/organism adapts to external stress NOT the resting level of performance

,Question:
13. Cardiovascular changes with aging

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14. Neurological changes with aging

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15. Respiratory changes with aging

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16. Integumentary changes with aging

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17. Gastrointestinal changes with aging

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18. Urinary changes with aging

Answer:
Serum creatinine is not as good of an indicator of real function due to decreases in muscle
mass and creatinine production that can skew lab values

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19. Reproductive changes with aging

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20. Musculoskeletal changes with aging

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21. Vision changes with aging

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22. Smell, taste and touch changes with aging

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23. Hearing changes with aging

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24. Endocrine changes with aging

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Question:
25. 9 hallmarks of aging