HESI A2 A&P Final Exam Questions with Correct
Answers and Rationale 2026 Chamberlain
College of Nursing
TESTED QUESTIONS VERIFIED AND GRADED ANSWERS
1) Which is an anterior muscle? ✓ B. An anterior muscle is located
A. Gluteus maximus near the front of the body. Of those
B. Quadriceps femoris listed, the quadriceps (frontal thigh
C. Biceps femoris muscle) is the most anterior.
D. Adductor magnus
2) How might the headrest on a car ✓ B. The headrest prevents the head
prevent traumatic injury? from moving too far backward, or
A. By limiting hyperflexion of the hyperextending the neck beyond
neck its normal range.
B. By limiting hyperextension of
the neck
C. By reducing vertebral
, compression
D. By preventing disc degeneration
3) Which might you expect to see in a ✓ D. Because of the hyperflexion and
whiplash injury? hyperextension caused by such a
A. Cardiopulmonary problems collision, it is not uncommon to find
B. Side-to-side spinal curvature tears or stretching of the ligaments
C. Eventual herniation of discs of the spine. The injury is front-to-
D. Traumatic injury to ligaments back, making choice B unlikely,
and a herniated disc (choice C) is
more of a compression injury.
4) Muscle contractions that normally ✓ C. Defecation(choice A) is the
move food along the human elimination of waste. Osmosis
digestive system are known as (choice B) is the movement of
________. molecules across a membrane.
A. defecation Circulation (choice D) is the
B. osmosis movement of blood through the
C. peristalsis body. Peristalsis (choice C) is the
D. circulation involuntary, wavelike movement of
muscles in the intestine and
elsewhere that pushes food along.
5) Which type of nutrient does not ✓ A. Some nutrients supply energy,
provide the body with energy? and others support metabolism.
A. Vitamin Nutrients in the first set include
, B. Carbohydrate carbohydrates, proteins, and fats.
C. Fat Those in the secound set include
D. Protein vitamins, minerals, and water.
6) Where would you be likely to find a ✓ B. Schwann cells wrap around the
Schwann cell? nerve fibers and form the myelin
A. In the digestive system sheath in the peripheral nervous
B. In the nervous system system.
C. In the skeletal system
D. In the muscular system
7) How does the nervous system ✓ B. The nervous system is made up
work with the muscular system? of the brain, spinal cord, and
A. The muscles of the body nerves. It receives and transmits
produce chemicals that feed the signals from the environment that
nerves. regulate voluntary and involuntary
B. The nervous system tells the movement.
muscles how to respond to the
environment.
C. The nervous system releases
chemicals that remove excess
waste from the muscles.
D. The muscular system provides
input that allows the nerves to
make decisions.
, 8) Which part of the nervous system ✓ A. The symphathetic and
includes the femoral , radial, and parasympathetic systems (choice
ulnar nerves? C and D) are part of the autonomic
A. Somatic nervous system (choice B), which
B. Autonomic controls involuntary actions of the
C. Sympathetic smooth muscles, glands, and
D. Parasympathetic heart. The somatic nervous system
(choice A) has to do with reception
of external stimuli and voluntary
control of the muscles.
9) Where might a herniated lumbar ✓ C. Damage to a disc in the lower
disc be most likely to create pain? back will most likely cause pain
A. Along the radial nerve radiating downward along the
B. Within the spinal cord sciatic nerve.
C. Along the sciatic nerve
D. Along the tibial nerve
10) What is the name of the bone in ✓ B. The ulna (choice A), radius
the human thigh? (choice C), and humerus (choice
A. Ulna D) are arm bones.
B. Femur
C. Radius
D. Humerus
Answers and Rationale 2026 Chamberlain
College of Nursing
TESTED QUESTIONS VERIFIED AND GRADED ANSWERS
1) Which is an anterior muscle? ✓ B. An anterior muscle is located
A. Gluteus maximus near the front of the body. Of those
B. Quadriceps femoris listed, the quadriceps (frontal thigh
C. Biceps femoris muscle) is the most anterior.
D. Adductor magnus
2) How might the headrest on a car ✓ B. The headrest prevents the head
prevent traumatic injury? from moving too far backward, or
A. By limiting hyperflexion of the hyperextending the neck beyond
neck its normal range.
B. By limiting hyperextension of
the neck
C. By reducing vertebral
, compression
D. By preventing disc degeneration
3) Which might you expect to see in a ✓ D. Because of the hyperflexion and
whiplash injury? hyperextension caused by such a
A. Cardiopulmonary problems collision, it is not uncommon to find
B. Side-to-side spinal curvature tears or stretching of the ligaments
C. Eventual herniation of discs of the spine. The injury is front-to-
D. Traumatic injury to ligaments back, making choice B unlikely,
and a herniated disc (choice C) is
more of a compression injury.
4) Muscle contractions that normally ✓ C. Defecation(choice A) is the
move food along the human elimination of waste. Osmosis
digestive system are known as (choice B) is the movement of
________. molecules across a membrane.
A. defecation Circulation (choice D) is the
B. osmosis movement of blood through the
C. peristalsis body. Peristalsis (choice C) is the
D. circulation involuntary, wavelike movement of
muscles in the intestine and
elsewhere that pushes food along.
5) Which type of nutrient does not ✓ A. Some nutrients supply energy,
provide the body with energy? and others support metabolism.
A. Vitamin Nutrients in the first set include
, B. Carbohydrate carbohydrates, proteins, and fats.
C. Fat Those in the secound set include
D. Protein vitamins, minerals, and water.
6) Where would you be likely to find a ✓ B. Schwann cells wrap around the
Schwann cell? nerve fibers and form the myelin
A. In the digestive system sheath in the peripheral nervous
B. In the nervous system system.
C. In the skeletal system
D. In the muscular system
7) How does the nervous system ✓ B. The nervous system is made up
work with the muscular system? of the brain, spinal cord, and
A. The muscles of the body nerves. It receives and transmits
produce chemicals that feed the signals from the environment that
nerves. regulate voluntary and involuntary
B. The nervous system tells the movement.
muscles how to respond to the
environment.
C. The nervous system releases
chemicals that remove excess
waste from the muscles.
D. The muscular system provides
input that allows the nerves to
make decisions.
, 8) Which part of the nervous system ✓ A. The symphathetic and
includes the femoral , radial, and parasympathetic systems (choice
ulnar nerves? C and D) are part of the autonomic
A. Somatic nervous system (choice B), which
B. Autonomic controls involuntary actions of the
C. Sympathetic smooth muscles, glands, and
D. Parasympathetic heart. The somatic nervous system
(choice A) has to do with reception
of external stimuli and voluntary
control of the muscles.
9) Where might a herniated lumbar ✓ C. Damage to a disc in the lower
disc be most likely to create pain? back will most likely cause pain
A. Along the radial nerve radiating downward along the
B. Within the spinal cord sciatic nerve.
C. Along the sciatic nerve
D. Along the tibial nerve
10) What is the name of the bone in ✓ B. The ulna (choice A), radius
the human thigh? (choice C), and humerus (choice
A. Ulna D) are arm bones.
B. Femur
C. Radius
D. Humerus
