BIOL 1080 Study Guide - Final Guide: Stroke Volume, Exhalation, Bone Mineral
10 Apr 2016
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Biologic age: relaive condiion of the person"s organs and body systems. Psychological age: refers to a person"s adapive capaciies, such as coping abiliies and intelligence, and the person"s awareness of their capabiliies and self-eicacy. Social age: a person"s habits and roles relaive to society"s expectaions. Legal/chronological age: the number of years since you"ve been born. Funcional age: the ways in which people compare to others of a similar age. Changes in the body and mind with aging. Skin: becomes thinner and loses elasicity in the outer surfaces due to the decline of fat deposits. Bones and joints: bone mineral loss exceeds bone mineral accumulaion in mid- to-late adult life causing bones to become fragile and britle with increased risk of fracture. Head: features enlarge and become more noiceable. Urinary inconinence: ranges from passing a few drops to having no control over where and when urinaion takes place.
