HESI A2 ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY
*Sagittal Section* - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔A cut along the MEDIAN PLANE
*Frontal Section* - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔A cut along the CORONAL PLANE
*Cross-Section* - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔A cut through the TRANSVERSE PLANE
*What is the anatomic position?* - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔The body is erect, feet
slightly apart, the head is held high, and the palms of the hands are facing
forward
*Superior is* - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔ABOVE
*Inferior is* - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔BELOW
,*Anterior is* - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔FACING FORWARD
*Posterior is* - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔TOWARD THE BACK
*Medial is* - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔TOWARD THE MIDLINE
*Lateral is* - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔AWAY from the MIDLINE
*Proximal is* - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔CLOSER to the point of attachment
*Distal is* - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔FURTHER away from the point of attachment
Dorsal Body cavity includes what? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Cranial and Spinal
Nerves
Ventral Body cavity includes what? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔The orbits and the
nasal, oral, thoracic, and abdominopelvic cavities
*Histology is the study of what?* - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔TISSUES!
A Tissue is a? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Group of cells that act together to perform
specific functions
What are the 4 Fundamental Tissues of the Human Body? - 🧠ANSWER
✔✔Epithelial Tissue
Connective Tissue
,Nerve Tissue
Muscle Tissue
Epithelial Cells do what? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Cover, line, and protect the body
its internal organs
Connective Tissue is the framework of? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔The body,
providing support and structure for the organs
Nerve Tissue is composed of? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Neurons and connective
tissue cells
*What is a neuroglia?* - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔A connective tissue nerve cells
Muscle tissue have the ability to? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Contract or shorten
Muscle tissue is classified as? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Voluntary Muscles and
Involuntary Muscles
What muscles are voluntary? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Skeletal Muscles
What muscles are involuntary? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Smooth Muscles
*What is the basic unit of life?* - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔A CELL!
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, *Who is the building block of tissues and organs?* - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔A
CELL!
What does a nucleus contain? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Deoxyribonucleic acid
(DNA) and ribosomes
What is the job of a ribosome? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Synthesizes proteins
What do proteins include? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Enzymes that regulate all
chemical reactions within the body
*What is MITOSIS necessary for?* - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Growth and repair
*What happens during the process of MITOSIS?* - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔The
DNA is duplicated and distributed evenly to two daughter cells
*MEIOSIS is specializes in?* - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Cells division that takes
place in the gonads, which is the ovaries and the testes
*What happens during the process of MEIOSIS?* - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔The
chromosome number is reduced from 46 to 23
*When the egg and sperm unite in fertilization the zygote will have the
correct number of chromosomes, this process takes place where?* -
🧠ANSWER ✔✔MEIOSIS!
*Sagittal Section* - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔A cut along the MEDIAN PLANE
*Frontal Section* - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔A cut along the CORONAL PLANE
*Cross-Section* - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔A cut through the TRANSVERSE PLANE
*What is the anatomic position?* - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔The body is erect, feet
slightly apart, the head is held high, and the palms of the hands are facing
forward
*Superior is* - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔ABOVE
*Inferior is* - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔BELOW
,*Anterior is* - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔FACING FORWARD
*Posterior is* - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔TOWARD THE BACK
*Medial is* - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔TOWARD THE MIDLINE
*Lateral is* - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔AWAY from the MIDLINE
*Proximal is* - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔CLOSER to the point of attachment
*Distal is* - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔FURTHER away from the point of attachment
Dorsal Body cavity includes what? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Cranial and Spinal
Nerves
Ventral Body cavity includes what? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔The orbits and the
nasal, oral, thoracic, and abdominopelvic cavities
*Histology is the study of what?* - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔TISSUES!
A Tissue is a? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Group of cells that act together to perform
specific functions
What are the 4 Fundamental Tissues of the Human Body? - 🧠ANSWER
✔✔Epithelial Tissue
Connective Tissue
,Nerve Tissue
Muscle Tissue
Epithelial Cells do what? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Cover, line, and protect the body
its internal organs
Connective Tissue is the framework of? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔The body,
providing support and structure for the organs
Nerve Tissue is composed of? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Neurons and connective
tissue cells
*What is a neuroglia?* - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔A connective tissue nerve cells
Muscle tissue have the ability to? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Contract or shorten
Muscle tissue is classified as? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Voluntary Muscles and
Involuntary Muscles
What muscles are voluntary? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Skeletal Muscles
What muscles are involuntary? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Smooth Muscles
*What is the basic unit of life?* - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔A CELL!
3
COPYRIGHT©JOSHCLAY 2025/2026. YEAR PUBLISHED 2025. COMPANY REGISTRATION NUMBER: 619652435. TERMS OF USE. PRIVACY
STATEMENT. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
, *Who is the building block of tissues and organs?* - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔A
CELL!
What does a nucleus contain? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Deoxyribonucleic acid
(DNA) and ribosomes
What is the job of a ribosome? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Synthesizes proteins
What do proteins include? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Enzymes that regulate all
chemical reactions within the body
*What is MITOSIS necessary for?* - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Growth and repair
*What happens during the process of MITOSIS?* - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔The
DNA is duplicated and distributed evenly to two daughter cells
*MEIOSIS is specializes in?* - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Cells division that takes
place in the gonads, which is the ovaries and the testes
*What happens during the process of MEIOSIS?* - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔The
chromosome number is reduced from 46 to 23
*When the egg and sperm unite in fertilization the zygote will have the
correct number of chromosomes, this process takes place where?* -
🧠ANSWER ✔✔MEIOSIS!
