HESI A2 Anatomy and Physiology 2026
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Anatomic Position - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔The body is erect, the feet are slightly
apart, the head is held high, and the palms of the hands are facing forward.
Superior - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Above
Inferior - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Below
Anterior - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Facing forward
Posterior - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Toward the back
,Medial - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Toward the midline
Lateral - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Away from the midline; towards the side
Proximal - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔closer to point of attachment
Distal - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Farther away from point of attachment
Histology - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Study of tissues
Epithelial cells - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Cover, line, and protect the body and its
internal organs
Connective tissue - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Framework of the body, providing
support and structure for the organs; Types of Connective Tissue:
Cartilage, Adipose, and Smooth
Nerve Tissue - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Composed of neurons
Tissue - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Group of cells that act together to perform specific
functions
Neuroglia - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Neurons and connective tissue cells that make
of nerve tissue
, Muscle Tissue - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔-Classified as voluntary muscle (skeletal
muscle) or involuntary muscle (smooth and cardiac muscle tissue)
-Have the ability to contract or shorten
Cell - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Basic unit of life and the building blocks of tissues and
organs
Nucleus - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Contains DNA
Ribosomes - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔-Synthesis of proteins
-Proteins include the enzymes that regulate all chemical reactions within
the body
Mitosis - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔-Necessary for growth and repair
-DNA is duplicated and distributed evenly to two daughter cells
Meiosis - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔-Cell division that takes place in the gonads
(ovaries and testes);
-Chromosome number reduced from 46 to 23 so when the egg and the
sperm unite in fertilization, the zygote will have correct number of
chromosomes
Skin - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔-Largest organ in the body
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Exam Questions and Answers | 100%
Solved
Anatomic Position - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔The body is erect, the feet are slightly
apart, the head is held high, and the palms of the hands are facing forward.
Superior - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Above
Inferior - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Below
Anterior - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Facing forward
Posterior - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Toward the back
,Medial - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Toward the midline
Lateral - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Away from the midline; towards the side
Proximal - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔closer to point of attachment
Distal - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Farther away from point of attachment
Histology - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Study of tissues
Epithelial cells - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Cover, line, and protect the body and its
internal organs
Connective tissue - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Framework of the body, providing
support and structure for the organs; Types of Connective Tissue:
Cartilage, Adipose, and Smooth
Nerve Tissue - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Composed of neurons
Tissue - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Group of cells that act together to perform specific
functions
Neuroglia - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Neurons and connective tissue cells that make
of nerve tissue
, Muscle Tissue - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔-Classified as voluntary muscle (skeletal
muscle) or involuntary muscle (smooth and cardiac muscle tissue)
-Have the ability to contract or shorten
Cell - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Basic unit of life and the building blocks of tissues and
organs
Nucleus - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Contains DNA
Ribosomes - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔-Synthesis of proteins
-Proteins include the enzymes that regulate all chemical reactions within
the body
Mitosis - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔-Necessary for growth and repair
-DNA is duplicated and distributed evenly to two daughter cells
Meiosis - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔-Cell division that takes place in the gonads
(ovaries and testes);
-Chromosome number reduced from 46 to 23 so when the egg and the
sperm unite in fertilization, the zygote will have correct number of
chromosomes
Skin - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔-Largest organ in the body
3
COPYRIGHT©JOSHCLAY 2025/2026. YEAR PUBLISHED 2025. COMPANY REGISTRATION NUMBER: 619652435. TERMS OF USE. PRIVACY
STATEMENT. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
