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HESI A2 Anatomy and Physiology Practice
Exam with Multiple Choice Questions and Verified
Answers 100% Graded A+
A person with AB- blood can NOT receive blood from whom? -
...ANSWER✓✓✓AB+
A person with type B blood has which of the following? -
...ANSWER✓✓✓B antigens on the red blood cells
A rupture in the cardiac sphincter would result in what occurring?
-
...ANSWER✓✓✓The backflow of gastric juices into the esophagus
A sound of the chest that can indicate a respiratory illness is known
as
silence rales swishing heart beats
- ...ANSWER✓✓✓rales
A type of disease that is caused from the abnormal development and
growth of a cell is called?
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infectious disease neoplastic disease degenerative disease
acute infectious disease - ...ANSWER✓✓✓neoplastic disease
A type of supporting connective tissue is known as
osseous tissue neuron
tissue
myosin tissue actin tissue -
...ANSWER✓✓✓osseous tissue
An example of a constriction of the pyloric sphincter is called:
pyloric disease pyloricitis pyloricemia pyloric
stenosis - ...ANSWER✓✓✓pyloric stenosis An
individual who has a strain in the muscle will most
likely have a
tear in the tendon break in the bone break in the
ligament tear in the muscles - ...ANSWER✓✓✓tear in
the muscles
Beriberi is a disease caused by lack of ____ a.
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thiamine
b. vitamin C
c. niacin
d. protein - ...ANSWER✓✓✓thiamine
Bile is produced by what structure? - ...ANSWER✓✓✓Liver
Blood vessels enter and exit bones through which structure? -
...ANSWER✓✓✓Foramina
Bones are developed through a process known as
preservation ossification lacumation
homeostasis - ...ANSWER✓✓✓ossification
Chocolate cysts of the ovaries are attributed to which of the
following? - ...ANSWER✓✓✓Endometriosis
During exhalation, the diaphragm does which of the following? -
...ANSWER✓✓✓Relaxes and lifts
Electrical impulses called "action potentials" move along the axon
of a neuron by - ...ANSWER✓✓✓Saltatory conduction
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Fats are broken down in the small intestine using which enzyme(s)?
- ...ANSWER✓✓✓lipase & bile
for the average person, what is true about caloric intake?
a. it should increase with age after age 25
b. it should decline with age after age 25
c. it should remain constant over a lifetime.
d. it should decline and then increase with age - ...ANSWER✓✓✓it
should decline with age after age 25
how do the intercostal muscles between the ribs assist with
respiration?
a. by protecting the delicate bronchioles and alveoli
b. by signaling a decrease in intra-alveolar pressure
c. by enlarging and reducing the space in the thorax
d. by maintaining a medial separation between pleurae -
...ANSWER✓✓✓by enlarging and reducing the space in the
thorax
how does a sagittal section divide the body?
a. into right and left regions
HESI A2 Anatomy and Physiology Practice
Exam with Multiple Choice Questions and Verified
Answers 100% Graded A+
A person with AB- blood can NOT receive blood from whom? -
...ANSWER✓✓✓AB+
A person with type B blood has which of the following? -
...ANSWER✓✓✓B antigens on the red blood cells
A rupture in the cardiac sphincter would result in what occurring?
-
...ANSWER✓✓✓The backflow of gastric juices into the esophagus
A sound of the chest that can indicate a respiratory illness is known
as
silence rales swishing heart beats
- ...ANSWER✓✓✓rales
A type of disease that is caused from the abnormal development and
growth of a cell is called?
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infectious disease neoplastic disease degenerative disease
acute infectious disease - ...ANSWER✓✓✓neoplastic disease
A type of supporting connective tissue is known as
osseous tissue neuron
tissue
myosin tissue actin tissue -
...ANSWER✓✓✓osseous tissue
An example of a constriction of the pyloric sphincter is called:
pyloric disease pyloricitis pyloricemia pyloric
stenosis - ...ANSWER✓✓✓pyloric stenosis An
individual who has a strain in the muscle will most
likely have a
tear in the tendon break in the bone break in the
ligament tear in the muscles - ...ANSWER✓✓✓tear in
the muscles
Beriberi is a disease caused by lack of ____ a.
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thiamine
b. vitamin C
c. niacin
d. protein - ...ANSWER✓✓✓thiamine
Bile is produced by what structure? - ...ANSWER✓✓✓Liver
Blood vessels enter and exit bones through which structure? -
...ANSWER✓✓✓Foramina
Bones are developed through a process known as
preservation ossification lacumation
homeostasis - ...ANSWER✓✓✓ossification
Chocolate cysts of the ovaries are attributed to which of the
following? - ...ANSWER✓✓✓Endometriosis
During exhalation, the diaphragm does which of the following? -
...ANSWER✓✓✓Relaxes and lifts
Electrical impulses called "action potentials" move along the axon
of a neuron by - ...ANSWER✓✓✓Saltatory conduction
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Fats are broken down in the small intestine using which enzyme(s)?
- ...ANSWER✓✓✓lipase & bile
for the average person, what is true about caloric intake?
a. it should increase with age after age 25
b. it should decline with age after age 25
c. it should remain constant over a lifetime.
d. it should decline and then increase with age - ...ANSWER✓✓✓it
should decline with age after age 25
how do the intercostal muscles between the ribs assist with
respiration?
a. by protecting the delicate bronchioles and alveoli
b. by signaling a decrease in intra-alveolar pressure
c. by enlarging and reducing the space in the thorax
d. by maintaining a medial separation between pleurae -
...ANSWER✓✓✓by enlarging and reducing the space in the
thorax
how does a sagittal section divide the body?
a. into right and left regions
