HESI A2 Anatomy &
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, What is muscle tissue classified as? Voluntary(skeletal muscles) and involuntary(smooth & cardiac)
What is meiosis? The cell division that takes place in the gonads, i.e. the ovaries and testes.
What two layers compose the skin? Epidermis and dermis.
What is the epidermis? The outermost protective layer of dead keratinized epithelial cells.
What is the dermis? The underlying layer of connective tissue with blood vessels, nerve endings, and
the associated skin tissues.
What are the layers of the epidermis? Corneum
Lucidum
Granulosum
Germivatum ( basale & spinosum)
Mnemonic: Candy Lions Growl Great.
What does the protein pigment melanin protect against? Radiation from the Sun
What is the dermis composed of? Fibrous connective tissue with nerve endings, blood vessels, sensory nerve
endings, hair follicles, and glands.
What are the 2 types of sweat glands? ecrine & apocrine
What do ecrine sweat glands produce? Sweat. Regulate body temperature.
What do apocrine sweat glands produce? Secretions contain bits of cytoplasm from cells, attracting bacteria that produces
body odor.
What do sebaceous glands secrete? They secrete sebum through the hair follicles, which lubricates the skin and
prevents drying.
What secretion produces oil? Holocrine secretion.
What are sebaceous glands prone to during Becoming clogged and attracting bacteria.
adolescence?
Physiology 2026 | Practice
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Updated 2026 Questions and Answers
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, What is muscle tissue classified as? Voluntary(skeletal muscles) and involuntary(smooth & cardiac)
What is meiosis? The cell division that takes place in the gonads, i.e. the ovaries and testes.
What two layers compose the skin? Epidermis and dermis.
What is the epidermis? The outermost protective layer of dead keratinized epithelial cells.
What is the dermis? The underlying layer of connective tissue with blood vessels, nerve endings, and
the associated skin tissues.
What are the layers of the epidermis? Corneum
Lucidum
Granulosum
Germivatum ( basale & spinosum)
Mnemonic: Candy Lions Growl Great.
What does the protein pigment melanin protect against? Radiation from the Sun
What is the dermis composed of? Fibrous connective tissue with nerve endings, blood vessels, sensory nerve
endings, hair follicles, and glands.
What are the 2 types of sweat glands? ecrine & apocrine
What do ecrine sweat glands produce? Sweat. Regulate body temperature.
What do apocrine sweat glands produce? Secretions contain bits of cytoplasm from cells, attracting bacteria that produces
body odor.
What do sebaceous glands secrete? They secrete sebum through the hair follicles, which lubricates the skin and
prevents drying.
What secretion produces oil? Holocrine secretion.
What are sebaceous glands prone to during Becoming clogged and attracting bacteria.
adolescence?
