HESI A2 Anatomy And Physiology Questions With Accurate
Answers.
What is histology? - accurate answers-The study of tissues
What is a tissue? - accurate answers-A group of cells that act together to
perform a specific function.
What are the fundamental tissues? - accurate answers-Epithelial
Connective
Muscle
Nerve
(Elephants Can Make News)
What is the function of epithelial cells? - accurate answers-Cover, line, and
protect the body and the internal organs.
What is the function of connective tissue? - accurate answers-Framework of
the body. Provides support and structure to organs.
What is neuroglia? - accurate answers-The neurons and connective tissue cells
that compose nerve tissue.
What ability does muscle tissue have? - accurate answers-Ability to contract
and shorten.
What is muscle tissue classified as? - accurate answers-Voluntary(skeletal
muscles) and involuntary(smooth & cardiac)
What is meiosis? - accurate answers-The cell division that takes place in the
gonads, i.e. the ovaries and testes.
What two layers compose the skin? - accurate answers-Epidermis and dermis.
What is the epidermis? - accurate answers-The outermost protective layer of
dead keratinized epithelial cells.
,What is the dermis? - accurate answers-The underlying layer of connective
tissue with blood vessels, nerve endings, and the associated skin tissues.
What are the layers of the epidermis? - accurate answers-Corneum
Lucidum
Granulosum
Germivatum ( basale & spinosum)
Mnemonic: Candy Lions Growl Great.
What does the protein pigment melanin protect against? - accurate answers-
Radiation from the Sun
What is the dermis composed of? - accurate answers-Fibrous connective
tissue with nerve endings, blood vessels, sensory nerve endings, hair follicles,
and glands.
What are the 2 types of sweat glands? - accurate answers-ecrine & apocrine
What do ecrine sweat glands produce? - accurate answers-Sweat. Regulate
body temperature.
What do apocrine sweat glands produce? - accurate answers-Secretions
contain bits of cytoplasm from cells, attracting bacteria that produces body
odor.
What do sebaceous glands secrete? - accurate answers-They secrete sebum
through the hair follicles, which lubricates the skin and prevents drying.
What secretion produces oil? - accurate answers-Holocrine secretion.
What are sebaceous glands prone to during adolescence? - accurate answers-
Becoming clogged and attracting bacteria.
What protein composes the hair and skin? - accurate answers-Keratin
What makes the body's framework? - accurate answers-Bone, cartilage,
ligaments & joints.
, What are the functions of the skeletal system? - accurate answers-Support,
movement, blood cell formation, protection of internal organs, detoxification,
muscle attachment, mineral storage. *A MIME BATHED SEALS SINGING "MY
PONY"*
How are bones classified? - accurate answers-By shape.
Long
Short
flat
irregular
sesamoid
*LEMURS SING SALSA FOR INDIANS*
What is the name for the cells that compose compact bone? - accurate
answers-Osteoblasts
What occurs to osteoblasts when they become fixed in the dense bone matrix?
- accurate answers-They stop dividing but continue to maintain body tissues
as osteocytes.
How many bones make up the axial skeleton? - accurate answers-28 bones of
the skull. 14-facial, 14-cranium.
How many bones make the facial skeleton? - accurate answers-2 nasal bones
2 maxillary bones
2 zygomatic bones
1 mandible
2 palatine bones
1 vomer
2 lacrimal bones
2 inferior nasal bones
What are the bones of the cranium? - accurate answers-single occipital
frontal
ethmoid
sphenoid
paired parietal
temporal
ossicles
Answers.
What is histology? - accurate answers-The study of tissues
What is a tissue? - accurate answers-A group of cells that act together to
perform a specific function.
What are the fundamental tissues? - accurate answers-Epithelial
Connective
Muscle
Nerve
(Elephants Can Make News)
What is the function of epithelial cells? - accurate answers-Cover, line, and
protect the body and the internal organs.
What is the function of connective tissue? - accurate answers-Framework of
the body. Provides support and structure to organs.
What is neuroglia? - accurate answers-The neurons and connective tissue cells
that compose nerve tissue.
What ability does muscle tissue have? - accurate answers-Ability to contract
and shorten.
What is muscle tissue classified as? - accurate answers-Voluntary(skeletal
muscles) and involuntary(smooth & cardiac)
What is meiosis? - accurate answers-The cell division that takes place in the
gonads, i.e. the ovaries and testes.
What two layers compose the skin? - accurate answers-Epidermis and dermis.
What is the epidermis? - accurate answers-The outermost protective layer of
dead keratinized epithelial cells.
,What is the dermis? - accurate answers-The underlying layer of connective
tissue with blood vessels, nerve endings, and the associated skin tissues.
What are the layers of the epidermis? - accurate answers-Corneum
Lucidum
Granulosum
Germivatum ( basale & spinosum)
Mnemonic: Candy Lions Growl Great.
What does the protein pigment melanin protect against? - accurate answers-
Radiation from the Sun
What is the dermis composed of? - accurate answers-Fibrous connective
tissue with nerve endings, blood vessels, sensory nerve endings, hair follicles,
and glands.
What are the 2 types of sweat glands? - accurate answers-ecrine & apocrine
What do ecrine sweat glands produce? - accurate answers-Sweat. Regulate
body temperature.
What do apocrine sweat glands produce? - accurate answers-Secretions
contain bits of cytoplasm from cells, attracting bacteria that produces body
odor.
What do sebaceous glands secrete? - accurate answers-They secrete sebum
through the hair follicles, which lubricates the skin and prevents drying.
What secretion produces oil? - accurate answers-Holocrine secretion.
What are sebaceous glands prone to during adolescence? - accurate answers-
Becoming clogged and attracting bacteria.
What protein composes the hair and skin? - accurate answers-Keratin
What makes the body's framework? - accurate answers-Bone, cartilage,
ligaments & joints.
, What are the functions of the skeletal system? - accurate answers-Support,
movement, blood cell formation, protection of internal organs, detoxification,
muscle attachment, mineral storage. *A MIME BATHED SEALS SINGING "MY
PONY"*
How are bones classified? - accurate answers-By shape.
Long
Short
flat
irregular
sesamoid
*LEMURS SING SALSA FOR INDIANS*
What is the name for the cells that compose compact bone? - accurate
answers-Osteoblasts
What occurs to osteoblasts when they become fixed in the dense bone matrix?
- accurate answers-They stop dividing but continue to maintain body tissues
as osteocytes.
How many bones make up the axial skeleton? - accurate answers-28 bones of
the skull. 14-facial, 14-cranium.
How many bones make the facial skeleton? - accurate answers-2 nasal bones
2 maxillary bones
2 zygomatic bones
1 mandible
2 palatine bones
1 vomer
2 lacrimal bones
2 inferior nasal bones
What are the bones of the cranium? - accurate answers-single occipital
frontal
ethmoid
sphenoid
paired parietal
temporal
ossicles
