HESI 2024 EXAM QUESTIONS
WITH COMPLETE AND
CORRECT SOLUTIONS.
1) Which of the following is a function of the skeleton system?
a. gas exchange
b. protection ✔️✔️
c. excretion
d. fluid balance
2) Connective tissue found between bones in a joint - Correct Answer-
cartilage ✔️✔️
3) A ____ is where two bones meet - Correct Answer-joint ✔️✔️
4) A ____ is a connective tissue that joins two bones - Correct Answer-
ligament ✔️✔️
5) Which type of bone has a diaphysis and two epiphyses? - Correct Answer-
long bone✔️✔️
6) Consist of a shaft and two extremities (epiphyses) which are covered by
Cartlidge. Examples are femur, tibia, fibula, radius, clavicle, phalanges,
metacarpals, and metatarsals. - Correct Answer-Long bones ✔️✔️
7) Cubodial with similar length and width. Example: carpals, tarsals - Correct
Answer-Short bones ✔️✔️
8) Thin and broad. Example: sternum, ribs, scapula, occipital, bone, parietal
bone, frontal bone. - Correct Answer-Flat bones ✔️✔️
9) Irregular in shape. Example: vertebrae, hip bone, sacrum, Coccyx, maxilla,
mandible, temporal bone, sphenoid bone, zygomatic bone, hyoid bone. -
Correct Answer-Irregular bones ✔️✔️
10) Which of the following is an example of an irregular bone?
a. sternum
b. femur
c. carpal
d. vertebrae ✔️✔️
11) A rib is an example of a ________ bone. - Correct Answer-flat ✔️✔️
, 12) Which of the following correctly describes spongy bone? - Correct
Answer-A Meshwork of plates that contains lamellae and osteocytes
between each layer ✔️✔️
13) The shaft of a long bone is called - Correct Answer-diaphysis ✔️✔️
14) The end of a long bone is called - Correct Answer-epiphysis ✔️✔️
15) The ____ is the fibrovascular covering over the bone -Correct
Answer-periosteum✔️✔️
16) The ___ is the inner lining of the bone next to the medullary cavity -
Correct Answer Endosteum ✔️✔️
17) ____ ____ is the function of the urinary system - Correct Answer-Fluid
balance ✔️✔️
18) ____ ____ is a function of the respiratory system - Correct Answer-
Gas exchange ✔️✔️
19) ____ is the function of the urinary, respiratory, digestive, and
integumentary systems - Correct Answer-Excretion ✔️✔️
20) What correctly describes the epiphysis? - Correct Answer-Extremity
of a long bone ✔️✔️
21) Cells responsible for forming new bones are called - Correct Answer-
osteoblast ✔️✔️
22) bone resorbing cells - Correct Answer-osteoclasts ✔️✔️
23) Inactive mature bone cells - Correct Answer-osteocytes ✔️✔️
24) axial skeleton - Correct Answer-skull, vertebral, ribs, sternum ✔️✔️
25) Which of these is not a part of the appendicular skeleton?
a. manubrium ✔️✔️
b. clavicle
c. carpal
d. tarsal
26) The manubrium is the upper part of the ____ - Correct Answer-
Sternum ✔️✔️
27) Which is part of the axial skeleton. found in vertebral column -
Correct Answer-Atlas, axis, coccyx ✔️✔️
28) Which of the following is NOT found in the vertebral column?
a. Vomer ✔️✔️
WITH COMPLETE AND
CORRECT SOLUTIONS.
1) Which of the following is a function of the skeleton system?
a. gas exchange
b. protection ✔️✔️
c. excretion
d. fluid balance
2) Connective tissue found between bones in a joint - Correct Answer-
cartilage ✔️✔️
3) A ____ is where two bones meet - Correct Answer-joint ✔️✔️
4) A ____ is a connective tissue that joins two bones - Correct Answer-
ligament ✔️✔️
5) Which type of bone has a diaphysis and two epiphyses? - Correct Answer-
long bone✔️✔️
6) Consist of a shaft and two extremities (epiphyses) which are covered by
Cartlidge. Examples are femur, tibia, fibula, radius, clavicle, phalanges,
metacarpals, and metatarsals. - Correct Answer-Long bones ✔️✔️
7) Cubodial with similar length and width. Example: carpals, tarsals - Correct
Answer-Short bones ✔️✔️
8) Thin and broad. Example: sternum, ribs, scapula, occipital, bone, parietal
bone, frontal bone. - Correct Answer-Flat bones ✔️✔️
9) Irregular in shape. Example: vertebrae, hip bone, sacrum, Coccyx, maxilla,
mandible, temporal bone, sphenoid bone, zygomatic bone, hyoid bone. -
Correct Answer-Irregular bones ✔️✔️
10) Which of the following is an example of an irregular bone?
a. sternum
b. femur
c. carpal
d. vertebrae ✔️✔️
11) A rib is an example of a ________ bone. - Correct Answer-flat ✔️✔️
, 12) Which of the following correctly describes spongy bone? - Correct
Answer-A Meshwork of plates that contains lamellae and osteocytes
between each layer ✔️✔️
13) The shaft of a long bone is called - Correct Answer-diaphysis ✔️✔️
14) The end of a long bone is called - Correct Answer-epiphysis ✔️✔️
15) The ____ is the fibrovascular covering over the bone -Correct
Answer-periosteum✔️✔️
16) The ___ is the inner lining of the bone next to the medullary cavity -
Correct Answer Endosteum ✔️✔️
17) ____ ____ is the function of the urinary system - Correct Answer-Fluid
balance ✔️✔️
18) ____ ____ is a function of the respiratory system - Correct Answer-
Gas exchange ✔️✔️
19) ____ is the function of the urinary, respiratory, digestive, and
integumentary systems - Correct Answer-Excretion ✔️✔️
20) What correctly describes the epiphysis? - Correct Answer-Extremity
of a long bone ✔️✔️
21) Cells responsible for forming new bones are called - Correct Answer-
osteoblast ✔️✔️
22) bone resorbing cells - Correct Answer-osteoclasts ✔️✔️
23) Inactive mature bone cells - Correct Answer-osteocytes ✔️✔️
24) axial skeleton - Correct Answer-skull, vertebral, ribs, sternum ✔️✔️
25) Which of these is not a part of the appendicular skeleton?
a. manubrium ✔️✔️
b. clavicle
c. carpal
d. tarsal
26) The manubrium is the upper part of the ____ - Correct Answer-
Sternum ✔️✔️
27) Which is part of the axial skeleton. found in vertebral column -
Correct Answer-Atlas, axis, coccyx ✔️✔️
28) Which of the following is NOT found in the vertebral column?
a. Vomer ✔️✔️
