HESI ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY 2024-2025
MIDTERM EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS WITH
100% CORRECT DEFINATIONS |ALREADY GRADED
A+
Which is NOT involved in maintaining homeostasis?
A: Receptors
B: Control Center
C: Lack of change
D: Effectors - ANSWERS -C: Lack of change
The body's tendency to maintain a relatively constant or balanced internal environment: - ANSWERS -
Homeostasis
Order these terms from smallest to largest: Cells, molecules, organs, tissues, organisms - ANSWERS -
Molecules, cells, tissues, organs, organisms.
Which of the following organ systems is matched most accurately to its "life function"?
A: Integumentary system- movement
B: Nervous system- excretion
C: Muscular system- maintaining boundaries
D: Nervous system- Responsiveness - ANSWERS -D: Nervous system- Responsiveness
Out of the 9 abdominal regions, this one contains the belly button. - ANSWERS -Umbilical
All of the following activities could represent anatomical studies EXCEPT:
A: Making a section through the heart to observe its interior.
,B: Drawing blood from laboratory animals to determine their blood sugar levels.
C: Examining the surface of a bone:
D: Viewing muscle tissue through a microscope. - ANSWERS -B: Drawing blood from laboratory animals
to determine their blood sugar levels.
If you were to assume proper anatomical position, you would... - ANSWERS -Stand erect with the palms
of your hands facing forward.
The phrase "sagittal section of the brain" would mean the brain was cut... - ANSWERS -Into right and
left parts.
Which type of section could be used to separate the thoracic cavity from the abdominopelvic cavity, like
a magician "sawing someone in half"? - ANSWERS -Transverse (horizontal)
Which ventral cavity subdivision has the least bony protection? - ANSWERS -Abdominal
Which of the following would be part of the Nervous System?
A: Lungs
B: Kidneys
C: Thyroid Gland
D: Brain - ANSWERS -D: Brain
Which of the following would be part of the Skeletal System?
A: Small intestine
B: Heart
C: Skull
D: Voluntary muscles - ANSWERS -C: Skull
Which of the following would be part of the Cardiovascular System?
A: Brain
, B: Small intestine
C: Skull
D: Heart - ANSWERS -D: Heart
Which of the following would be part of the Digestive System?
A: Brain
B: Small intestine
C: Skull
D: Heart - ANSWERS -D: Small intestine
Which of the following would be part of the Respiratory System?
A: Lungs
B: Kidneys
C: Thyroid Gland
D: Brain - ANSWERS -A: Lungs
Give the correction to the all CAPS word to make the following sentence true: "The elbow is DISTAL to
the wrist" - ANSWERS -Proximal
Which set of the body cavities contains the spinal cord - ANSWERS -Dorsal
Which set of body cavities is surrounded by the bony skull and vertebral column? - ANSWERS -Dorsal
Which set of body cavities includes the thoracic and abdominopelvic cavities? - ANSWERS -Ventral
Which set of body cavities is located mor anteriorly? - ANSWERS -Dorsal
Which set of body cavities contains the heart, lungs, and digestive organs? - ANSWERS -Ventral
MIDTERM EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS WITH
100% CORRECT DEFINATIONS |ALREADY GRADED
A+
Which is NOT involved in maintaining homeostasis?
A: Receptors
B: Control Center
C: Lack of change
D: Effectors - ANSWERS -C: Lack of change
The body's tendency to maintain a relatively constant or balanced internal environment: - ANSWERS -
Homeostasis
Order these terms from smallest to largest: Cells, molecules, organs, tissues, organisms - ANSWERS -
Molecules, cells, tissues, organs, organisms.
Which of the following organ systems is matched most accurately to its "life function"?
A: Integumentary system- movement
B: Nervous system- excretion
C: Muscular system- maintaining boundaries
D: Nervous system- Responsiveness - ANSWERS -D: Nervous system- Responsiveness
Out of the 9 abdominal regions, this one contains the belly button. - ANSWERS -Umbilical
All of the following activities could represent anatomical studies EXCEPT:
A: Making a section through the heart to observe its interior.
,B: Drawing blood from laboratory animals to determine their blood sugar levels.
C: Examining the surface of a bone:
D: Viewing muscle tissue through a microscope. - ANSWERS -B: Drawing blood from laboratory animals
to determine their blood sugar levels.
If you were to assume proper anatomical position, you would... - ANSWERS -Stand erect with the palms
of your hands facing forward.
The phrase "sagittal section of the brain" would mean the brain was cut... - ANSWERS -Into right and
left parts.
Which type of section could be used to separate the thoracic cavity from the abdominopelvic cavity, like
a magician "sawing someone in half"? - ANSWERS -Transverse (horizontal)
Which ventral cavity subdivision has the least bony protection? - ANSWERS -Abdominal
Which of the following would be part of the Nervous System?
A: Lungs
B: Kidneys
C: Thyroid Gland
D: Brain - ANSWERS -D: Brain
Which of the following would be part of the Skeletal System?
A: Small intestine
B: Heart
C: Skull
D: Voluntary muscles - ANSWERS -C: Skull
Which of the following would be part of the Cardiovascular System?
A: Brain
, B: Small intestine
C: Skull
D: Heart - ANSWERS -D: Heart
Which of the following would be part of the Digestive System?
A: Brain
B: Small intestine
C: Skull
D: Heart - ANSWERS -D: Small intestine
Which of the following would be part of the Respiratory System?
A: Lungs
B: Kidneys
C: Thyroid Gland
D: Brain - ANSWERS -A: Lungs
Give the correction to the all CAPS word to make the following sentence true: "The elbow is DISTAL to
the wrist" - ANSWERS -Proximal
Which set of the body cavities contains the spinal cord - ANSWERS -Dorsal
Which set of body cavities is surrounded by the bony skull and vertebral column? - ANSWERS -Dorsal
Which set of body cavities includes the thoracic and abdominopelvic cavities? - ANSWERS -Ventral
Which set of body cavities is located mor anteriorly? - ANSWERS -Dorsal
Which set of body cavities contains the heart, lungs, and digestive organs? - ANSWERS -Ventral
