S1L3: Body Changes in Aging and Management Issues Flashcards
MUSCLE
The loss of muscle fibers and decrease fiber size in the elderly results in ``
loss of force per unit area
MUSCLE
Disproportionate loss of type `` fibers
Disproportionate loss of type 2 fibers
T/F
Even if muscle fibers and fiber size decrease as we age, motor units are not affected
False
There’s also loss of motor units in aging
attributable to an underlying disease; loss of both muscle and fat mass
Cachexia
loss of muscle mass and strength, increase in fat mass, and abdominal girth
Sarcopenia
BONE
Insufficient load-bearing results to ``
Insufficient load-bearing -> demineralization
T/F
Changes in bone are affected by changes in excretory system, more significant in women after menopause
False
Affected by changes in endocrine system, more significant in women after menopause
T/F
In Neurologic, there is a decrease in brain volume, frontal white matter loss, and decreased cerebral blood flow
False
Decreased brain volume, frontal grey matter loss, decreased cerebral blood
flow
NEUROLOGIC CHANGES
Lens aging may lead to ``
cataracts
AGE-RELATED HEARING LOSS: INTRINSIC VS. EXTRINSIC
- Noise exposure
- Cochlear aging
- Genetics
- Ototoxic drugs
- Extrinsic
- Intrinsic
- Intrinsic
- Extrinsic
NEUROLOGIC CHANGES
Decline in vision due to ``
retinal aging
CV
MHR decreases [] bpm / decade after age 25 years
6-10
CV
VO2max decreases []% / decade after age 25 years
5-15
CV: Decrease or Increase?
- Arterial compliance
- beta-adrenergic receptor stimulation response
- SA node automaticity
- SBP
- myocytes
- Decrease
- Decrease
- Decrease
- Increase
- Decrease
T/F
CV changes include left ventricular hypotrophy with impaired filling
False
Left ventricular hypertrophy with impaired filing
T/F:
Exercise-induced adaptations are not as available to the elderly
True
T/F:
In CV changes, there’s a decrease sensitivity to dopamine and impaired vasoconstrictive
responses
True
Dopamine, together with norepinephrine and epinephrine, are catecholamine