Module 16 Flashcards
1
Q
What is menopause?
A
A woman’s end of menstrual cycles, usually occurs within a few years of age 50
2
Q
What are tips of chromosomes called?
A
Telomeres
3
Q
What are telomeres?
A
Tips of chromosomes
4
Q
What does NCD stand for?
A
Neurocognitive disorder
5
Q
What is NCD?
A
Dementia, loss of neuro cognition.
6
Q
What is Alzheimer’s disease?
A
A neurocognitive disorder that shows a progressive decline in memory and cognition. Appears around age 80
7
Q
What is the midlife transition?
A
The middle adulthood realization that most of life is behind you than ahead of you.
8
Q
What is the social clock?
A
The definition of the “right time” to leave home, get a job, marry, have kids, retire.
