NSG 250 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Macular Degeneration, Acrochordon, Cardiovascular Disease
9 May 2016
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Choose from the following words label the following descriptions: Stroke when blood flow to a part of the brain stops. Parkinson"s disease disorder of the brain that leads to shaking (tremors) and difficulty with walking, Submissive death when an elder adult gives up and let themselves die by not taking care of themselves. Senescence normal process of aging in healthy individuals, a universal biologic process. Centenarians person who lives to or beyond the age of 100 years. Dementia loss of brain function that occurs with certain diseases. Biological clock genetic programming determines the pace and process of aging. Stochastic theory unstable oxygen molecules left over from cellular processes, they interrupt normal cell function and cause cellular damage. Alzheimer"s disease disease form of dementia that gradually gets worse over time. Suicidal erosion describes aging as a result of internal and external assaults, the wear and tear theory.
