Hesi A2 Anatomy and Physiology Practice
Questions and Answers (100% Pass)
superior - Answer✔️✔️-above
inferior - Answer✔️✔️-below
anterior/ventral - Answer✔️✔️-front of body
dorsal/posterior - Answer✔️✔️-back of body
cranial - Answer✔️✔️-head
distal - Answer✔️✔️-further away(distance)
proximal - Answer✔️✔️-closer to the part of attachment
medial - Answer✔️✔️-towards the center of the body
lateral - Answer✔️✔️-side
supine - Answer✔️✔️-lying face up
prone - Answer✔️✔️-lying face down
median plane - Answer✔️✔️-straight through the body
frontal plane - Answer✔️✔️-front and back...ex heart
transverse plane - Answer✔️✔️-crossed section, top half and bottom half
histology - Answer✔️✔️-the study of tissues
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epithelial tissue - Answer✔️✔️-covers, line, and protects the body and its
internal organs
connective tissue - Answer✔️✔️-is the framework of the body, providing
support and structure for the organs
nerve tissue - Answer✔️✔️-is composed of neurons and connective that are
referred to as neuroglia
muscle tissue - Answer✔️✔️-have the ability to contract or shorten
voluntary muscle - Answer✔️✔️-skeletal muscles
involuntary muscle - Answer✔️✔️-smooth and cardiac muscle
cell - Answer✔️✔️-the basic unit of life and the building block of tissue and
organs
nucleus - Answer✔️✔️-contains DNA
ribosome - Answer✔️✔️-important in the synthesis of proteins
proteins - Answer✔️✔️-include the enzymes that regulate all chemical
reactions within the body
mitosis - Answer✔️✔️-is necessary for growth and repair, in the process the
DNA is duplicated and distributed evenly into two daughter cells
meiosis - Answer✔️✔️-the special cell division that takes place in the
gonads, this is the ovaries and testes
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