HESI A2: ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY QUESTIONS WITH ACCURATE
ANSWERS.
Truculent - accurate answers-Eager or quick to argue or fight; aggressively
defiant
xpl: His days of TRUCULENT defiance were over
*Sagittal Section* - accurate answers-MEDIAN PLANE
*Frontal Section* - accurate answers-CORONAL PLANE
*Cross-Section* - accurate answers-TRANSVERSE PLANE
*What is the anatomic position?* - accurate answers-The body is erect, feet
slightly apart, the head is held high, and the palms of the hands are facing
forward
*Superior is* - accurate answers-ABOVE
*Inferior is* - accurate answers-BELOW
*Anterior is* - accurate answers-FACING FORWARD
*Posterior is* - accurate answers-TOWARD THE BACK
*Medial is* - accurate answers-TOWARD THE MIDLINE
*Lateral is* - accurate answers-AWAY from the MIDLINE
*Proximal is* - accurate answers-CLOSER to the point of attachment
*Distal is* - accurate answers-FURTHER away from the point of attachment
Dorsal Body cavity includes what? - accurate answers-Cranial and Spinal
Nerves
Ventral Body cavity includes what? - accurate answers-The orbits and the
nasal, oral, thoracic, and abdominopelvic cavities
,*Histology is the study of what?* - accurate answers-TISSUES!
A Tissue is a? - accurate answers-Group of cells that act together to perform
specific functions
What are the 4 Fundamental Tissues of the Human Body? - accurate answers-
Epithelial Tissue
Connective Tissue
Nerve Tissue
Muscle Tissue
Epithelial Cells do what? - accurate answers-Cover, line, and protect the body
its internal organs
Connective Tissue is the framework of? - accurate answers-The body,
providing support and structure for the organs
Nerve Tissue is composed of? - accurate answers-Neurons and connective
tissue cells
*What is a neuroglia?* - accurate answers-A connective tissue nerve cells
Muscle tissue have the ability to? - accurate answers-Contract or shorten
Muscle tissue is classified as? - accurate answers-Voluntary Muscles and
Involuntary Muscles
What muscles are voluntary? - accurate answers-Skeletal Muscles
What muscles are involuntary? - accurate answers-Smooth Muscles
*What is the basic unit of life?* - accurate answers-A CELL!
*Who is the building block of tissues and organs?* - accurate answers-A CELL!
What does a nucleus contain? - accurate answers-Deoxyribonucleic acid
(DNA) and ribosomes
What is the job of a ribosome? - accurate answers-Synthesizes proteins
, What do proteins include? - accurate answers-Enzymes that regulate all
chemical reactions within the body
*What is MITOSIS necessary for?* - accurate answers-Growth and repair
*What happens during the process of MITOSIS?* - accurate answers-The DNA
is duplicated and distributed evenly to two daughter cells
*MEIOSIS is specializes in?* - accurate answers-Cells division that takes place
in the gonads, which is the ovaries and the testes
*What happens during the process of MEIOSIS?* - accurate answers-The
chromosome number is reduced from 46 to 23
*When the egg and sperm unite in fertilization the zygote will have the correct
number of chromosomes, this process takes place where?* - accurate
answers-MEIOSIS!
What is the largest organ of the body? - accurate answers-THE SKIN!
What are the two layers of the skin? - accurate answers-EPIDERMIS and the
DERMIS
*The EPIDERMIS is the* - accurate answers-Outermost protective layer of
dead keratinized epithelial cells
*The DERMIS is the* - accurate answers-Underlying layer of connective tissue
with blood vessels, nerve endings, and the associated skin structures
Where does the DERMIS rest? - accurate answers-On the subcutaneous tissue
that connects the skin to the superficial muscles
What are the layers of the EPIDERMIS from the OUTER layer to the INNER
layer - accurate answers-Stratum Corneum
Stratum Lucidum
Stratum Granulosum
Stratum Spinosum
Stratum Basale
ANSWERS.
Truculent - accurate answers-Eager or quick to argue or fight; aggressively
defiant
xpl: His days of TRUCULENT defiance were over
*Sagittal Section* - accurate answers-MEDIAN PLANE
*Frontal Section* - accurate answers-CORONAL PLANE
*Cross-Section* - accurate answers-TRANSVERSE PLANE
*What is the anatomic position?* - accurate answers-The body is erect, feet
slightly apart, the head is held high, and the palms of the hands are facing
forward
*Superior is* - accurate answers-ABOVE
*Inferior is* - accurate answers-BELOW
*Anterior is* - accurate answers-FACING FORWARD
*Posterior is* - accurate answers-TOWARD THE BACK
*Medial is* - accurate answers-TOWARD THE MIDLINE
*Lateral is* - accurate answers-AWAY from the MIDLINE
*Proximal is* - accurate answers-CLOSER to the point of attachment
*Distal is* - accurate answers-FURTHER away from the point of attachment
Dorsal Body cavity includes what? - accurate answers-Cranial and Spinal
Nerves
Ventral Body cavity includes what? - accurate answers-The orbits and the
nasal, oral, thoracic, and abdominopelvic cavities
,*Histology is the study of what?* - accurate answers-TISSUES!
A Tissue is a? - accurate answers-Group of cells that act together to perform
specific functions
What are the 4 Fundamental Tissues of the Human Body? - accurate answers-
Epithelial Tissue
Connective Tissue
Nerve Tissue
Muscle Tissue
Epithelial Cells do what? - accurate answers-Cover, line, and protect the body
its internal organs
Connective Tissue is the framework of? - accurate answers-The body,
providing support and structure for the organs
Nerve Tissue is composed of? - accurate answers-Neurons and connective
tissue cells
*What is a neuroglia?* - accurate answers-A connective tissue nerve cells
Muscle tissue have the ability to? - accurate answers-Contract or shorten
Muscle tissue is classified as? - accurate answers-Voluntary Muscles and
Involuntary Muscles
What muscles are voluntary? - accurate answers-Skeletal Muscles
What muscles are involuntary? - accurate answers-Smooth Muscles
*What is the basic unit of life?* - accurate answers-A CELL!
*Who is the building block of tissues and organs?* - accurate answers-A CELL!
What does a nucleus contain? - accurate answers-Deoxyribonucleic acid
(DNA) and ribosomes
What is the job of a ribosome? - accurate answers-Synthesizes proteins
, What do proteins include? - accurate answers-Enzymes that regulate all
chemical reactions within the body
*What is MITOSIS necessary for?* - accurate answers-Growth and repair
*What happens during the process of MITOSIS?* - accurate answers-The DNA
is duplicated and distributed evenly to two daughter cells
*MEIOSIS is specializes in?* - accurate answers-Cells division that takes place
in the gonads, which is the ovaries and the testes
*What happens during the process of MEIOSIS?* - accurate answers-The
chromosome number is reduced from 46 to 23
*When the egg and sperm unite in fertilization the zygote will have the correct
number of chromosomes, this process takes place where?* - accurate
answers-MEIOSIS!
What is the largest organ of the body? - accurate answers-THE SKIN!
What are the two layers of the skin? - accurate answers-EPIDERMIS and the
DERMIS
*The EPIDERMIS is the* - accurate answers-Outermost protective layer of
dead keratinized epithelial cells
*The DERMIS is the* - accurate answers-Underlying layer of connective tissue
with blood vessels, nerve endings, and the associated skin structures
Where does the DERMIS rest? - accurate answers-On the subcutaneous tissue
that connects the skin to the superficial muscles
What are the layers of the EPIDERMIS from the OUTER layer to the INNER
layer - accurate answers-Stratum Corneum
Stratum Lucidum
Stratum Granulosum
Stratum Spinosum
Stratum Basale
