Exam HESI ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY MIDTERM LATEST UPDATED VERSIONS EXAM QUESTIONS AND 100% CORRECT ANSWERS|ALREADY GRADED A++++

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HESI ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY
MIDTERM LATEST UPDATED
VERSIONS EXAM 2024-2025
QUESTIONS AND 100% CORRECT
ANSWERS|ALREADY GRADED A++++

Histology
- CORRECT ANSWERS - study of tissues


Tissue
- CORRECT ANSWERS - group of cells that act together to perform a specific function


epithelial, connective, muscle, nervous
- CORRECT ANSWERS - four types of tissues


connective tissue
- CORRECT ANSWERS - is the framework of the body, providing support and structure
for the organs


nerve tissue
- CORRECT ANSWERS - composed of neuron and connective tissue cellls referred to as
neurolgia


Neurolgia
- CORRECT ANSWERS - Helper cells that support and nourish the neurons


muscle tissue
- CORRECT ANSWERS - has ability to contract or shorten

,skeletal muscle
- CORRECT ANSWERS - voluntary muscle


smooth muscle
- CORRECT ANSWERS - involuntary muscle found in internal organs


Cell
- CORRECT ANSWERS - basic unit of life and building blocks of tissues and organs


Organelles
- CORRECT ANSWERS - in the cell, each with own function


Nucleus
- CORRECT ANSWERS - contains DNA


Ribosomes
- CORRECT ANSWERS - involved in protein synthesis


Proteins
- CORRECT ANSWERS - include enzymes that regulate all chemical reactions in the body


Mitosis
- CORRECT ANSWERS - is necessary for growth and repair


mitosis
- CORRECT ANSWERS - DNA is duplicated and distrubed evenly into two daughter cells


meiosis
- CORRECT ANSWERS - special cell division that takes place in teh gonads, which is
ovaries and testes

,Meiosis
- CORRECT ANSWERS - in this process, the chromosome number is reduced from 46 to
23 so when the egg and sperm unite in fertilization, teh zygote will have the correct number
of chromosomes


Skin
- CORRECT ANSWERS - largest organ in the body


Epidermis
- CORRECT ANSWERS - outer most protective layer made of dead, keratinized epithelial
cells


dermis
- CORRECT ANSWERS - the underlyinh layer of connective tissue with blood vessels,
nerve ending, and the associated skin structures


Dermis
- CORRECT ANSWERS - this rests on the subcutaneous tissue that onects the skin to the
superficial muscle


sratum corneum, stratum lucidum, stratum granulosum, and stratum germinativum
- CORRECT ANSWERS - 4 layers of the epidermis


stratum germinativum
- CORRECT ANSWERS - contains stratum basale and stratum spinosum


melanin
- CORRECT ANSWERS - epidermal cells contain pigment called


Melanin
- CORRECT ANSWERS - protects against radiation from the sun

, Dermis
- CORRECT ANSWERS - composed of fibrosis connective tissue with blood vessels,
sensory nerve ending, hair follicles and glands


eccrine sweat glands
- CORRECT ANSWERS - regulate body temp by releasing a watery secretion that
exaportates from the surface of the skin


apocrine sweat glands
- CORRECT ANSWERS - mainly in armpit and groin area


apocrine sweat glands
- CORRECT ANSWERS - the secretion contains bits of cytoplasm from secreting cells. this
debis attracts bacteria, and the presence of bacteria on the skin results in body odor


sebaceous glands
- CORRECT ANSWERS - release an oily secretion (sebum) through the hair follicles that
lubricates the skin and prevents drying


sebum
- CORRECT ANSWERS - produced by holocrine secretion, in which whole cells of the
galnd are part of secretion


sebaceous glands
- CORRECT ANSWERS - are susceptible to becoming clogeed and attracting bacteria,
particularly during adolescence


Appendages of the skin
- CORRECT ANSWERS - include hair and nails


Keratin