Special concerns on the physiologic aspects of aging

1. Terms used in physiologic growth and development

in Aging process
2. factors influencing growth, development & aging

MARICRIS C. PALLAR
BSN 37TH
 Terms used in physiologic • Growth- is an increase in the size of the body as a whole
or the size attained by specific parts of the body.
growth and development in (https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/139e/be16b986ceda91f
Aging process 6fc80baed6c289761dfe0.pdf)
• Development- refers to the increase of functional
capacity in perfect form resulting from production of
specialized tissues from unspecialized ones.
(https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/139e/be16b986ceda91f6fc
80baed6c289761dfe0.pdf)

• Maturation- is more difficult to define than growth. It is

often described as the process of becoming mature, or
progress toward the mature
state.(https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/139e/be16b986ce
da91f6fc80baed6c289761dfe0.pdf)
 Terms used in physiologic growth and
development in Aging process
• Menopause- is a normal condition that all women experience as they age. The term "menopause" can
describe any of the changes a woman goes through either just before or after she stops menstruating,
marking the end of her reproductive period.(https://www.webmd.com/menopause/guide/menopause-
basics)
• Andropause -describes age-related changes in male hormone levels. is a condition that is associated with the
decrease in the male hormone testosterone.(https://www.healthline.com/health/menopause/male)
• Senescence- refers to the biological process of growing older in a deleterious.
(http://www.senescence.info/aging_definition.html#Pathological_and_Physiological_Age_Related_Changes
)
• Senility- refers to mental deterioration that often comes with old age, as in severe memory problems.
(Medical-Surgical nursing textbook -Udan (First edition)
 Terms used in physiologic growth and
development in Aging process
• Biogerontology- refers specifically to the biological study of aging and is also
used, usually interchangeably, with
gerontology.(http://www.senescence.info/aging_definition.html#Pathologic
al_and_Physiological_Age_Related_Changes)
• Geriatrics - refer specifically to the medical study of diseases and problems
of the elderly. (Medical-Surgical nursing textbook -Udan, First edition)
factors influencing growth, development &
aging
 Other Factors affecting Growth and
development in Aging process
• Cultural
-The physical growth of human beings is definitely affected by cultural factors. Culture differs from ethnic
group to ethnic group. The body growth differences correlate with varied cultural groups. The physical growth
of the body follows some adaptations in different geographical areas of distribution of the
groups.(https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/139e/be16b986ceda91f6fc80baed6c289761dfe0.pdf)
• Genetic control
-The height, weight or body-build of a child or an adult always represents the resultant of both the genetical and
environmental forces, together with their interaction. It is a long way from the possession of certain genes to the
acquisition of a height of 2m. gene depends for its expression firstly on the internal environment created by all
the other genes, and secondly on the external environment.
(https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/139e/be16b986ceda91f6fc80baed6c289761dfe0.pdf)
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