NU 176 – Geri – Exam 1 with verified detailed
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answers
Terms in this set (83) ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
Original
T/F: Older adults are now more educated
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True
T/F: Negative attitudes towards aging impact physical and psychological well-being of
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patients?
True
T/F: Society has not kept most of us from knowing about the aging process and respecting
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those who survive it?
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True
T/F: Thinking that one older adult is just like another is an expression of ageism?
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True
T/F: Communication between physicians and older patients may be poor?
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True
T/F: Aging does not vary dramatically among older adults
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False
T/F: Aging is seperate from disease processes
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True
T/F: Cardiac muscle strength diminishing is not a normal physiological change in the heart
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of older adults?
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False
T/F: Blood volume is increased in the aging adult because of increasing water volume?
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False
, T/F: In a normal aging adult the diaphram does not seem to lose mass?
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True
Lung elastic ______ is progressively lost with advancing age?
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recoil
A normal physiological change of aging adults rib cage is that is becomes ______ as
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cartillage _____. ||\\//||
rigid, calcifies ||\\//||
T/F: Falls are a normal part of aging?
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False
T/F: A normal physiological change in the spine is the vertebral column maycompress,
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leading to reduction in height ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
True
A normal physiological change in an older adult, muscles lose ________.
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Flexibility
T/F: A normal physiological change in an older adults joints is that their range of motion
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may be limited. ||\\//|| ||\\//||
True
T/F: A normal physiological change in an aging adult is that their fat increases?
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False
T/F: A normal physiological change in aging adults is their saliva production increases
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False
Normal physiological changes in aging adult skin is Melanocytes cluster, producing the skin
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pigmentation known as _________
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age spots ||\\//||
A normal physiological change of aging adults is the decreased rate of _______ production
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resulting in graying hair.
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melanin
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answers
Terms in this set (83) ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
Original
T/F: Older adults are now more educated
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True
T/F: Negative attitudes towards aging impact physical and psychological well-being of
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patients?
True
T/F: Society has not kept most of us from knowing about the aging process and respecting
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those who survive it?
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True
T/F: Thinking that one older adult is just like another is an expression of ageism?
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True
T/F: Communication between physicians and older patients may be poor?
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True
T/F: Aging does not vary dramatically among older adults
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False
T/F: Aging is seperate from disease processes
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True
T/F: Cardiac muscle strength diminishing is not a normal physiological change in the heart
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of older adults?
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False
T/F: Blood volume is increased in the aging adult because of increasing water volume?
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False
, T/F: In a normal aging adult the diaphram does not seem to lose mass?
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True
Lung elastic ______ is progressively lost with advancing age?
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recoil
A normal physiological change of aging adults rib cage is that is becomes ______ as
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cartillage _____. ||\\//||
rigid, calcifies ||\\//||
T/F: Falls are a normal part of aging?
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False
T/F: A normal physiological change in the spine is the vertebral column maycompress,
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leading to reduction in height ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
True
A normal physiological change in an older adult, muscles lose ________.
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Flexibility
T/F: A normal physiological change in an older adults joints is that their range of motion
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may be limited. ||\\//|| ||\\//||
True
T/F: A normal physiological change in an aging adult is that their fat increases?
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False
T/F: A normal physiological change in aging adults is their saliva production increases
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False
Normal physiological changes in aging adult skin is Melanocytes cluster, producing the skin
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pigmentation known as _________
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age spots ||\\//||
A normal physiological change of aging adults is the decreased rate of _______ production
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resulting in graying hair.
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melanin
