age definitions

Ageing - Ageing can be defined as the progressive deterioration in the structure and function of the cells, tissues, organ and organ systems of the organism with advancing age. The field of developmental biology that deals with the process of ageing is known ..

Rate of photosynthesis increases with age of the leaf till maturation. Afterwards it begins to decrea..

Ageing is accompanied by impairment of physiological functions. This is termed as senescence. Senescence results in decreased ability to deal with a variety of stresses and an increased susceptibility of the body to disea..

Theories of Ageing - Many theories have been proposed to explain the process of ageing. The important ones have been listed. The theories of Ageing have been grouped into two categorie..

Many theories have been proposed to explain the process of ageing..

Biological ageing affects everybody. It is a deleterious process, which affects the functioning of the cells, tissues, organs and finally the organism itself. Like ageing, death is also a biological event. It occurs due to breakdown in body functioning. Causes of death in humans..

. He wears a short, formal beard and his eyes become intense. He is full of wisdom, speaking to everyone in a just and wise manner. After he has played this part, he goes into the sixth age. He becomes thin, wears spectacles, the skin around him hangs loosely. He is made fun of as being a..

The poem commences with life being compared to a huge stage where all of us are only actors. Each person has an entry into the world at birth and exits it at deat..

The relative abundance of the organisms of various age groups in the population is called age distribution of population. With regard to age distribution, there are three kinds of populations. i) Rapidly growing population is a population, which has high birth rate an..

Summary - Growth is an irreversible increase in size and weight of an organism. The cells of the body do not grow uniformly but differentially. The main types of growth are auxetic, multiplicative and accretionary. The human growth curve is sigmoid and is controlled by hormones. Regeneration is of ..