HESI A2 Anatomy and Physiology
questions and answers 2024\2025 A+
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What is histology?
- correct answer The study of tissues
What is a tissue?
- correct answer A group of cells that act together to perform a specific function.
What are the fundamental tissues?
- correct answer Epithelial
Connective
Muscle
Nerve
(Elephants Can Make News)
What is the function of epithelial cells?
- correct answer Cover, line, and protect the body and the internal organs.
What is the function of connective tissue?
- correct answer Framework of the body. Provides support and structure to organs.
What is neuroglia?
- correct answer The neurons and connective tissue cells that compose nerve tissue.
,What ability does muscle tissue have?
- correct answer Ability to contract and shorten.
What is muscle tissue classified as?
- correct answer Voluntary(skeletal muscles) and involuntary(smooth & cardiac)
What is meiosis?
- correct answer The cell division that takes place in the gonads, i.e. the ovaries and testes.
What two layers compose the skin?
- correct answer Epidermis and dermis.
What is the epidermis?
- correct answer The outermost protective layer of dead keratinized epithelial cells.
What is the dermis?
- correct answer The underlying layer of connective tissue with blood vessels, nerve endings, and the
associated skin tissues.
What are the layers of the epidermis?
- correct answer Corneum
Lucidum
Granulosum
Germivatum ( basale & spinosum)
Mnemonic: Candy Lions Growl Great.
What does the protein pigment melanin protect against?
- correct answer Radiation from the Sun
What is the dermis composed of?
- correct answer Fibrous connective tissue with nerve endings, blood vessels, sensory nerve endings,
hair follicles, and glands.
, What are the 2 types of sweat glands?
- correct answer ecrine & apocrine
What do ecrine sweat glands produce?
- correct answer Sweat. Regulate body temperature.
What do apocrine sweat glands produce?
- correct answer Secretions contain bits of cytoplasm from cells, attracting bacteria that produces body
odor.
What do sebaceous glands secrete?
- correct answer They secrete sebum through the hair follicles, which lubricates the skin and prevents
drying.
What secretion produces oil?
- correct answer Holocrine secretion.
What are sebaceous glands prone to during adolescence?
- correct answer Becoming clogged and attracting bacteria.
What protein composes the hair and skin?
- correct answer Keratin
What makes the body's framework?
- correct answer Bone, cartilage, ligaments & joints.
What are the functions of the skeletal system?
- correct answer 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?
- correct answer By shape.
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questions and answers 2024\2025 A+
Grade
What is histology?
- correct answer The study of tissues
What is a tissue?
- correct answer A group of cells that act together to perform a specific function.
What are the fundamental tissues?
- correct answer Epithelial
Connective
Muscle
Nerve
(Elephants Can Make News)
What is the function of epithelial cells?
- correct answer Cover, line, and protect the body and the internal organs.
What is the function of connective tissue?
- correct answer Framework of the body. Provides support and structure to organs.
What is neuroglia?
- correct answer The neurons and connective tissue cells that compose nerve tissue.
,What ability does muscle tissue have?
- correct answer Ability to contract and shorten.
What is muscle tissue classified as?
- correct answer Voluntary(skeletal muscles) and involuntary(smooth & cardiac)
What is meiosis?
- correct answer The cell division that takes place in the gonads, i.e. the ovaries and testes.
What two layers compose the skin?
- correct answer Epidermis and dermis.
What is the epidermis?
- correct answer The outermost protective layer of dead keratinized epithelial cells.
What is the dermis?
- correct answer The underlying layer of connective tissue with blood vessels, nerve endings, and the
associated skin tissues.
What are the layers of the epidermis?
- correct answer Corneum
Lucidum
Granulosum
Germivatum ( basale & spinosum)
Mnemonic: Candy Lions Growl Great.
What does the protein pigment melanin protect against?
- correct answer Radiation from the Sun
What is the dermis composed of?
- correct answer Fibrous connective tissue with nerve endings, blood vessels, sensory nerve endings,
hair follicles, and glands.
, What are the 2 types of sweat glands?
- correct answer ecrine & apocrine
What do ecrine sweat glands produce?
- correct answer Sweat. Regulate body temperature.
What do apocrine sweat glands produce?
- correct answer Secretions contain bits of cytoplasm from cells, attracting bacteria that produces body
odor.
What do sebaceous glands secrete?
- correct answer They secrete sebum through the hair follicles, which lubricates the skin and prevents
drying.
What secretion produces oil?
- correct answer Holocrine secretion.
What are sebaceous glands prone to during adolescence?
- correct answer Becoming clogged and attracting bacteria.
What protein composes the hair and skin?
- correct answer Keratin
What makes the body's framework?
- correct answer Bone, cartilage, ligaments & joints.
What are the functions of the skeletal system?
- correct answer 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?
- correct answer By shape.
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