Hesi A2 Anatomy and Physiology Exam
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Current Exam 2026/Hesi Final Exam
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1. What is a tissue? - ANSWER✔️A group of cells that act together to perform
a specific function.
2. What are the fundamental tissues? - ANSWER✔️Epithelial
Connective
Muscle
Nerve
(Elephants Can Make News)
3. What is histology? - ANSWER✔️The study of tissues
4. What is the function of epithelial cells? - ANSWER✔️Cover, line, and
protect the body and the internal organs.
5. What is the function of connective tissue? - ANSWER✔️Framework of the
body. Provides support and structure to organs.
,6. What is neuroglia? - ANSWER✔️The neurons and connective tissue cells
that compose nerve tissue.
7. What ability does muscle tissue have? - ANSWER✔️Ability to contract and
shorten.
8. What is muscle tissue classified as? - ANSWER✔️Voluntary(skeletal
muscles) and involuntary(smooth & cardiac)
9. What is meiosis? - ANSWER✔️The cell division that takes place in the
gonads, i.e. The ovaries and testes.
10.What two layers compose the skin? - ANSWER✔️Epidermis and dermis.
11.What is the epidermis? - ANSWER✔️The outermost protective layer of
dead keratinized epithelial cells.
12.What is the dermis? - ANSWER✔️The underlying layer of connective
tissue with blood vessels, nerve endings, and the associated skin tissues.
13.What are the layers of the epidermis? - ANSWER✔️Corneum
Lucidum
Granulosum
Germivatum ( Basale & spinosum)
Mnemonic: Candy Lions Growl Great.
14.What does the protein pigment melanin protect against? -
ANSWER✔️Radiation from the Sun
15.What is the dermis composed of? - ANSWER✔️Fibrous connective tissue
with nerve endings, blood vessels, sensory nerve endings, hair follicles, and
glands.
16.What are the 2 types of sweat glands? - ANSWER✔️eccrine & apocrine
17.What do eccrine sweat glands produce? - ANSWER✔️Sweat. Regulate
body temperature.
,18.What do apocrine sweat glands produce? - ANSWER✔️Secretions contain
bits of cytoplasm from cells, attracting bacteria that produces body odor.
19.What do sebaceous glands secrete? - ANSWER✔️They secrete sebum
through the hair follicles, which lubricates the skin and prevents drying.
20.What secretion produces oil? - ANSWER✔️Holocrine secretion.
21.What are sebaceous glands prone to during adolescence? -
ANSWER✔️Becoming clogged and attracting bacteria.
22.What protein composes the hair and skin? - ANSWER✔️Keratin
23.What makes the body's framework? - ANSWER✔️Bone, cartilage,
ligaments & joints.
24.What are the functions of the skeletal system? - ANSWER✔️Support,
movement, blood cell formation, protection of internal organs,
detoxification, muscle attachment, mineral storage.
25.How are bones classified? - ANSWER✔️By shape.
Long
Short
Flat
Irregular
Sesamoid
26.What is the name for the cells that compose compact bone? -
ANSWER✔️Osteoblasts
27.What occurs to osteoblasts when they become fixed in the dense bone
matrix? - ANSWER✔️They stop dividing but continue to maintain body
tissues as osteocytes.
28.How many bones make up the axial skeleton? - ANSWER✔️28 bones of
the skull. 14-facial, 14-cranium.
29.How many bones make the facial skeleton? - ANSWER✔️2 nasal bones
, 2 maxillary bones
2 zygomatic bones
1 mandible
2 palatine bones
1 vomer
2 lacrimal bones
2 inferior nasal bones
30.What are the bones of the cranium? - ANSWER✔️single occipital
Frontal
Ethmoid
Sphenoid
Paired parietal
Temporal
Ossicles
31.What bone structures are in the ossicles (ears) ? - ANSWER✔️malleus,
incus, stapes
32.How many bones make the skeletal column? - ANSWER✔️33 bones
33.How many cervical vertebrae in the skeletal column? - ANSWER✔️7
34.How many thoracic vertebrae in the skeletal column? - ANSWER✔️12
35.How many lumbar vertebrae? - ANSWER✔️5
36.How many sacral vertebrae? - ANSWER✔️5
37.How many coccygeal vertebrae? - ANSWER✔️1-the tailbone
38.What makes up the final part of the axial skeleton? - ANSWER✔️the thorax
The sternum
12 pairs of ribs.
39.What makes up the appendicular skeleton? - ANSWER✔️the bones of the
girdle and limbs
Reviewed 2026/2027/Hesi A2 A &P
Current Exam 2026/Hesi Final Exam
Latest (Anatomy & Physiology) / Hesi A2
Anatomy and Physiology Practice Test All
500 Questions With Correct Answers
Already Graded A+
1. What is a tissue? - ANSWER✔️A group of cells that act together to perform
a specific function.
2. What are the fundamental tissues? - ANSWER✔️Epithelial
Connective
Muscle
Nerve
(Elephants Can Make News)
3. What is histology? - ANSWER✔️The study of tissues
4. What is the function of epithelial cells? - ANSWER✔️Cover, line, and
protect the body and the internal organs.
5. What is the function of connective tissue? - ANSWER✔️Framework of the
body. Provides support and structure to organs.
,6. What is neuroglia? - ANSWER✔️The neurons and connective tissue cells
that compose nerve tissue.
7. What ability does muscle tissue have? - ANSWER✔️Ability to contract and
shorten.
8. What is muscle tissue classified as? - ANSWER✔️Voluntary(skeletal
muscles) and involuntary(smooth & cardiac)
9. What is meiosis? - ANSWER✔️The cell division that takes place in the
gonads, i.e. The ovaries and testes.
10.What two layers compose the skin? - ANSWER✔️Epidermis and dermis.
11.What is the epidermis? - ANSWER✔️The outermost protective layer of
dead keratinized epithelial cells.
12.What is the dermis? - ANSWER✔️The underlying layer of connective
tissue with blood vessels, nerve endings, and the associated skin tissues.
13.What are the layers of the epidermis? - ANSWER✔️Corneum
Lucidum
Granulosum
Germivatum ( Basale & spinosum)
Mnemonic: Candy Lions Growl Great.
14.What does the protein pigment melanin protect against? -
ANSWER✔️Radiation from the Sun
15.What is the dermis composed of? - ANSWER✔️Fibrous connective tissue
with nerve endings, blood vessels, sensory nerve endings, hair follicles, and
glands.
16.What are the 2 types of sweat glands? - ANSWER✔️eccrine & apocrine
17.What do eccrine sweat glands produce? - ANSWER✔️Sweat. Regulate
body temperature.
,18.What do apocrine sweat glands produce? - ANSWER✔️Secretions contain
bits of cytoplasm from cells, attracting bacteria that produces body odor.
19.What do sebaceous glands secrete? - ANSWER✔️They secrete sebum
through the hair follicles, which lubricates the skin and prevents drying.
20.What secretion produces oil? - ANSWER✔️Holocrine secretion.
21.What are sebaceous glands prone to during adolescence? -
ANSWER✔️Becoming clogged and attracting bacteria.
22.What protein composes the hair and skin? - ANSWER✔️Keratin
23.What makes the body's framework? - ANSWER✔️Bone, cartilage,
ligaments & joints.
24.What are the functions of the skeletal system? - ANSWER✔️Support,
movement, blood cell formation, protection of internal organs,
detoxification, muscle attachment, mineral storage.
25.How are bones classified? - ANSWER✔️By shape.
Long
Short
Flat
Irregular
Sesamoid
26.What is the name for the cells that compose compact bone? -
ANSWER✔️Osteoblasts
27.What occurs to osteoblasts when they become fixed in the dense bone
matrix? - ANSWER✔️They stop dividing but continue to maintain body
tissues as osteocytes.
28.How many bones make up the axial skeleton? - ANSWER✔️28 bones of
the skull. 14-facial, 14-cranium.
29.How many bones make the facial skeleton? - ANSWER✔️2 nasal bones
, 2 maxillary bones
2 zygomatic bones
1 mandible
2 palatine bones
1 vomer
2 lacrimal bones
2 inferior nasal bones
30.What are the bones of the cranium? - ANSWER✔️single occipital
Frontal
Ethmoid
Sphenoid
Paired parietal
Temporal
Ossicles
31.What bone structures are in the ossicles (ears) ? - ANSWER✔️malleus,
incus, stapes
32.How many bones make the skeletal column? - ANSWER✔️33 bones
33.How many cervical vertebrae in the skeletal column? - ANSWER✔️7
34.How many thoracic vertebrae in the skeletal column? - ANSWER✔️12
35.How many lumbar vertebrae? - ANSWER✔️5
36.How many sacral vertebrae? - ANSWER✔️5
37.How many coccygeal vertebrae? - ANSWER✔️1-the tailbone
38.What makes up the final part of the axial skeleton? - ANSWER✔️the thorax
The sternum
12 pairs of ribs.
39.What makes up the appendicular skeleton? - ANSWER✔️the bones of the
girdle and limbs
