HESI - Anatomy & Physiology practice test
Questions and Answers (100% Pass)
What are the four fundamental tissues ? - Answer✔️✔️-
Epithelial,connective,muscle,nervous
Epithelial Tissue ? - Answer✔️✔️-Cover, line, and protect the body and its
internal organs.
Connective tissue ? - Answer✔️✔️-Is the framework of the body which
provides support and structure for the organs.
Nerve Tissue ? - Answer✔️✔️-Composed of neurons and connective tissue
cells (Neuroglia).
Muscle Tissues ? - Answer✔️✔️-Have the ability to contract or shorten
Function of the nucleus ? - Answer✔️✔️-Carries DNA
Function of Ribosomes ? - Answer✔️✔️-Important for the synthesis of
proteins
Mitosis ? - Answer✔️✔️-DNA is duplicated and distributed evenly between
two daughter cells.
Meiosis ? - Answer✔️✔️-Cell division where 46 chromosomes are reduced to
23 so they zygote has the correct number of chromosomes.
What is the largest organ in the body ? - Answer✔️✔️-Skin
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How many layers does the skin consist of ? - Answer✔️✔️-Two : Dermis &
Epidermis
Epidermis ? - Answer✔️✔️-The outermost protective layer of dead
keratinized epithelial cells.
Dermis ? - Answer✔️✔️-The underlying layer of connective tissue with
blood vessels, nerve endings, and the associated skin structures.
What are the layers of the Epidermis from outer layer to inner layer ? -
Answer✔️✔️-Stratum corneum, stratum lucidum, stratum granulosum, and
stratum germinativum (Inner most layer).
What are the two parts of the Germinativum (Innermost layer of the
Epidermis) ? - Answer✔️✔️-Stratum basale & Stratum spinosum
Where does mitosis occur ? - Answer✔️✔️-Stratum Germinativum
Epidermal cells contain the protein pigment called _______ ? - Answer✔️✔️-
Melanin
What is the function of melanin ? - Answer✔️✔️-Protects against radiation
from the sun
What is the dermis composed of ? - Answer✔️✔️-fibrous connective tissue,
What are the two types of sweat glands ? - Answer✔️✔️-Eccrine &
Appocrine
What is eccrine ? - Answer✔️✔️-regulates body temperature by releasing a
watery secretion that evaporates from the surface of the skin.
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What is appocrine ? - Answer✔️✔️-secretion that contains bit of cytoplasm
from the secreting cells. This cell bacteria attracts bacteria, and the presence
of bacteria on the skin results in body odor.
What does the appendages of the skin contain ? - Answer✔️✔️-hair and nails
What does the body's framework consist of ? - Answer✔️✔️-bone, cartilage,
ligaments, and joints
What are some of the functions of the skeletal system ? - Answer✔️✔️-
support, movement, blood cell formation
what is hemopoiesis ? - Answer✔️✔️-blood cell formation
Describe the properties of a long bone ? - Answer✔️✔️-has an irregular
epiphysis at each end, composed of spongy cancellous bone and a
shaft/diaphysis
What are the bones of the cranium ? - Answer✔️✔️-single occipital, frontal,
ethmoid, sphenoid and paired parietal, temporal, and ossicles of the ear.
how many bones does the cervical vertebrae have ? - Answer✔️✔️-7
how many bones does the thoracic vertebrae have ? - Answer✔️✔️-12
how many bones does the lumbar vertebrae have ? - Answer✔️✔️-5
what is the tail bone called ? - Answer✔️✔️-coccygeal vertebrae
what does the bones of the thorax contain ? - Answer✔️✔️-sternum &12
pairs of ribs
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