HESI A2 A&P Multiple Choice Exam Questions and Verified Answers 2025 Updated

HESI A2 A&P Multiple Choice Exam Questions and Verified Answers
2025 Updated


1. Which of the following terms describes the location of the wrist relative to the elbow?

a) distal
b) proximal
c) anterior
d) posterior: a) distal: the wrist is distal, or farther from the trunk, than the elbow
2. Which of the following cavities holds the ovaries?

a) ventral
b) thoracic
c) abdominal
d) pelvic: d) pelvic: the pelvic cavity holds the reproductive organs, which, in females,
include the ovaries
3. which of the following layers of the wall of the heart contains cardiac muscles?

a) myocardium only
b) epicardium only
c) endocardium
d) myocardium and epicardium only: a) myocardium only
4. the blood from the left ventricle goes to

a) the left atria
b) the vena cava
c) the aorta
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, d) the lungs: d) the lungs: the left ventricle pumps deoxygenated blood from the heart to the
lungs
5. the blood vessels that carry blood from the heart are called

a) veins
b) venules
c) capillaries
d) arteries: d) arteries
6. which of the following is the opening in the throat through which air passes after it enters
the mouth?

a) nasopharynx
b) oropharynx




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