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HESI A2 ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY REAL EXAM QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT ANSWERS | HESI A2 A & P ANATOMY AND
PHYSIOLOGY EXAM GRADED A+, LATEST 2025
1. In men, spermatozoa develop within the of each testis
Seminiferous tubules
2. During pregnancy, what organ produces the hormones that
maintain the endometrium and prepare the breasts for milk
production?
placenta
3. Gland whose secretion is oily- a mixture of oily substances and cell
fragments
sabasious
4. Sweat gland whose secretion is s primarily water and salts plus
contains protein and fatty subsatances
Apocrine
5. Smooth muscle structure in the skin
arrrector pilli
6. What type of joint is the
elbow hinge
7. What type of joint is the hip and
shoulder ball and socket
8. what are the two most abundant minerals stored in bones
extracellular matrix
calcium and phosphate
9. The most abundant glial cells found in the CNS that anchor
neurons to capillaries and help control the environment
around neurons
astrocytes
10. What does the adrenal medulla
secrete? Epinephrine and norepinephrine
11. Which skin cancer is the most dangerous?
malignant melanoma
-becaus it matastisizes(spreads)
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-Cancer of the melanocytes
12. Which skin cancer is moderatly
dangerous? squamous cell carcinom
-arises from keratinocytes of stratum spinosum
13. Which skin cancer is least
dangerous? basal cell carcinoma
-doesnt spread
14. What is the only artery in the body to carry oxygen- poor
blood? pulmonary artery
15. Chocolate cysts of the ovaries are attributed to
. endometriosis
16. tendons
connect muscle to bone
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17. Where is interstitial fluid found in the
body? in the tissues around cells
18. Which lobe of the brain is associated with judgement,
planning, impulse control, and social behavior?
frontal
19. What does lipase do?
It breaks down fats into fatty acids and glycerol.
20. In what area of the body would you expect to find and
especially thick stratum corneum?
Heel of the foot
21. What two things must be present for a muscle cell to
contract? Calcium & adenosine triphosphate (ATP)
22. the esophagus is located at which body cavity
a) ventral
b) abdomin
al c)
thoracic
23. What is the response of CF cell in the collecting tubules in the
nephrons when antiduretic hormone (ADH) is secreted?
Water is reabsorbed from the urinary filtration?
24. what is the function of ADH hormone
Regulate water balance in the body by controlling the amount of water the
kidneys reabsorb
25. which muscle is included in tue quadriceps femoris group
a) trapezius
b) vastuslateralis
c) gastrocnemious
d) rectus abdominus
26. the calcaneous is located in whih part of the body the leg
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27. Where is the tympanic membrane located?
external auditorium canal and tympanic cavity
28. Fats are broken down in the small intestine using which
enzyme(s)?
Fats also known as lipids are broken down using lipase produced by the
pancreas and bile produced by the liver but transferred to the small intestine
through the bile duct.
29. What is the only artery to carry oxygen-poor blood?
Pulmonic Artery
30. What do ligaments connect?
Bone to Bone
31. Is epithelial tissue vascular or
avascular? Avascular
32. Which of the following describes the primary function of the respiratory system?
A) to create sound and speech
HESI A2 ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY REAL EXAM QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT ANSWERS | HESI A2 A & P ANATOMY AND
PHYSIOLOGY EXAM GRADED A+, LATEST 2025
1. In men, spermatozoa develop within the of each testis
Seminiferous tubules
2. During pregnancy, what organ produces the hormones that
maintain the endometrium and prepare the breasts for milk
production?
placenta
3. Gland whose secretion is oily- a mixture of oily substances and cell
fragments
sabasious
4. Sweat gland whose secretion is s primarily water and salts plus
contains protein and fatty subsatances
Apocrine
5. Smooth muscle structure in the skin
arrrector pilli
6. What type of joint is the
elbow hinge
7. What type of joint is the hip and
shoulder ball and socket
8. what are the two most abundant minerals stored in bones
extracellular matrix
calcium and phosphate
9. The most abundant glial cells found in the CNS that anchor
neurons to capillaries and help control the environment
around neurons
astrocytes
10. What does the adrenal medulla
secrete? Epinephrine and norepinephrine
11. Which skin cancer is the most dangerous?
malignant melanoma
-becaus it matastisizes(spreads)
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-Cancer of the melanocytes
12. Which skin cancer is moderatly
dangerous? squamous cell carcinom
-arises from keratinocytes of stratum spinosum
13. Which skin cancer is least
dangerous? basal cell carcinoma
-doesnt spread
14. What is the only artery in the body to carry oxygen- poor
blood? pulmonary artery
15. Chocolate cysts of the ovaries are attributed to
. endometriosis
16. tendons
connect muscle to bone
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17. Where is interstitial fluid found in the
body? in the tissues around cells
18. Which lobe of the brain is associated with judgement,
planning, impulse control, and social behavior?
frontal
19. What does lipase do?
It breaks down fats into fatty acids and glycerol.
20. In what area of the body would you expect to find and
especially thick stratum corneum?
Heel of the foot
21. What two things must be present for a muscle cell to
contract? Calcium & adenosine triphosphate (ATP)
22. the esophagus is located at which body cavity
a) ventral
b) abdomin
al c)
thoracic
23. What is the response of CF cell in the collecting tubules in the
nephrons when antiduretic hormone (ADH) is secreted?
Water is reabsorbed from the urinary filtration?
24. what is the function of ADH hormone
Regulate water balance in the body by controlling the amount of water the
kidneys reabsorb
25. which muscle is included in tue quadriceps femoris group
a) trapezius
b) vastuslateralis
c) gastrocnemious
d) rectus abdominus
26. the calcaneous is located in whih part of the body the leg
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27. Where is the tympanic membrane located?
external auditorium canal and tympanic cavity
28. Fats are broken down in the small intestine using which
enzyme(s)?
Fats also known as lipids are broken down using lipase produced by the
pancreas and bile produced by the liver but transferred to the small intestine
through the bile duct.
29. What is the only artery to carry oxygen-poor blood?
Pulmonic Artery
30. What do ligaments connect?
Bone to Bone
31. Is epithelial tissue vascular or
avascular? Avascular
32. Which of the following describes the primary function of the respiratory system?
A) to create sound and speech
