A&P HESI A2 PRACTICE TEST QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

A&P HESI A2 PRACTICE TEST QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS WHICH IS AN ANTERIOR FEATURE OF THE HUMAN HEAD? A. THE NOSE B. THE EARS C. THE OCCIPITAL LOBE D. THE TEMPORAL LOBE THE NOSE WHAT IS THE PRIMARY HORMONE SECRETED BY THE THYROID? A. OXYTOCIN B. TSH C. ADRENALINE D. T4 (THYROXINE) T4 (THYROXINE) ENLARGEMENT OF THE THYROID, COMMONLY KNOWN AS A GOITER, MIGHT BE EXPECTED TO AFFECT__________. A. SWALLOWING B. INSULIN LEVELS C. SLEEP D. DIGESTION SWALLOWING WHICH KINDS OF MUSCLES ARE INVOLVED IN PERISTALSIS? A. SMOOTH MUSCLES B. CARDIAC MUSCLES C. SKELETAL MUSCLES D. EPAXIAL MUSCLES SMOOTH MUSCLES WHAT MIGHT AN INJURY TO THE PARIETAL LOBE EFFECT? A. BREATHING B. ATTENTION C. MEMORY D. PERCEPTION PERCEPTION WHY MIGHT CERTAIN YOUNG PEOPLE BE UNDERWEIGHT? A. THEY ARE GROWING IN HEIGHT FASTER THAN THEY ARE GAINING WEIGHT. B. THEY EAT LITTLE PROTEIN AND TOO MUCH FAT AND SUGAR. C. THEY EAT SEVERAL MEALS A DAY AND FAIL TO EXERCISE ENOUGH. D. THEY SELDOM EAT A MEAL THAT CONTAINS FOODS FROM ALL FOOD GROUPS. THEY ARE GROWING IN HEIGHT FASTER THAN THEY ARE GAINING WEIGHT. HOW DOES THE DIGESTIVE SYSTEM WORK WITH THE URINARY SYSTEM? A. THE DIGESTIVE SYSTEM CONTROLS THE FUNCTIONS OF THE URETER. B. THE URINARY SYSTEM REMOVES TOXINS FROM THE PRODUCTS OF URINATION. C. THE DIGESTIVE SYSTEM MANUFACTURES HORMONES THAT INFLUENCE URINATION. D. THE URINARY SYSTEM ELIMINATES SOME WASTE PRODUCTS OF DIGESTION. THE URINARY SYSTEM ELIMINATES SOME WASTE PRODUCTS OF DIGESTION. WHICH GLAND IS LOCATED SUPERIOR TO THE KIDNEY? A. PITUITARY B. ADRENAL C. HYPOTHALAMUS D. PANCREAS ADRENAL TO WHAT TWO SYSTEMS MIGHT THE URETHRA BELONG? A. REPRODUCTIVE AND ENDOCRINE B. URINARY AND REPRODUCTIVE C. ENDOCRINE AND URINARY D. DIGESTIVE AND CARDIOVASCULAR URINARY AND REPRODUCTIVE THE AXIAL SKELETAL SYSTEM CONTAINS ALL OF THESE EXCEPT_______________. A. THE SKULL B. THE RIBS C. THE BREASTBONE D. THE RADIUS THE RADIUS THE GALL BLADDER IS PART OF THE ________________. A. ENDOCRINE SYSTEM B. URINARY SYSTEM C. DIGESTIVE SYSTEM D. NERVOUS SYSTEM THE DIGESTIVE SYSTEM WHICH IS not AN EXAMPLE OF A NONSPECIFIC IMMUNE RESPONSE? A. INFLAMMATION B. VASODILATION C. RELEASES OF HISTAMINE D. PRODUCTION OF ANTIBODIES PRODUCTION OF ANTIBODIES WHICH ORGAN SYSTEM IS PRIMARILY RESPONSIBLE FOR REGULATING ELECTROLYTES? A. THE ENDOCRINE SYSTEM B. THE URINARY SYSTEM C. THE LYMPHATIC SYSTEM D. THE NERVOUS SYSTEM THE URINARY SYSTEM WHAT IS THE FUNCTION OF THE CORONARY ARTERY? A. IT CARRIES OXYGENATED BLOOD TO THE HEART. B. IT CARRIES DEOXYGENATED BLOOD TO THE LUNGS. C. IT DISTRIBUTES BLOOD TO THE BODY. D. IT SUPPLIES BLOOD TO THE HEART MUSCLES. IT SUPPLIES BLOOD TO THE HEART MUSCLES. WHAT CONDITION MIGHT RESULT FROM LACK OF VITAMIN C? A. KWASHIORKOR B. PELLAGRA C. RICKETS D. SCURVY SCURVY HOW DOES THE MUSCULAR SYSTEM WORK WITH THE SKELETAL SYSTEM? A. MUSCLES ATTACHED TO TENDONS CONTRACT TO BEND THE SKELETON AT THE JOINTS. B. THE HARD BONES OF THE SKELETON PROTECT THE VOLUNTARY MUSCLES OF THE LIMBS. C. THE CARDIAC MUSCLES PRODUCE CALCIUM THAT IS NEEDED FOR STURDY BONES. D. SMOOTH MUSCLES ON INTERNAL ORGANS LEACH EXCESS MINERALS FROM THE BONES. MUSCLES ATTACHED TO TENDONS CONTRACT TO BEND THE SKELETON AT THE JOINTS. WHICH IS not PRODUCED BY THE PITUITARY GLAND? A. FSH B. TRH C. LH D. ADH TRH THE RIBS ARE ____________ TO THE LUNGS IN THE HUMAN BODY? A. MEDIAL B. SUPERIOR C. ANTERIOR D. DEEP ANTERIOR WHAT IS THE NORMAL pH OF HUMAN ARTERIAL BLOOD? A. 6.8 B. 7.4 C. 7.9 D. 8.2 7.4 WHICH CUT IS CONSIDERED A CROSS SECTION? A. SAGITTAL OR FRONTAL SECTION B. A CUT ALONG THE CORONAL PLANE C. A CUT ALONG THE MEDIAN PLANE D. A CUT THROUGH THE TRANSVERSE PLANE A CUT THROUGH THE TRANSVERSE PLANE WHICH ENZYME FUNCTIONS TO BREAK DOWN SPECIFIC SUGAR? A. CATALASE B. LIPASE C. PROTEASE D. LACTOSE LACTOSE THE HYPOTHALAMUS IS PART OF THE _______________. A. CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM B. ENDOCRINE SYSTEM C. RESPIRATORY SYSTEM D. LYMPHATIC SYSTEM ENDOCRINE SYSTEM WHICH MINERAL HELPS TO MAINTAIN FLUID BALANCE IN THE BODY? A. POTASSIUM B. COBALT C. CHROMIUM D. SULFUR POTASSIUM THE SKULL IS ______________ TO THE SPINAL CORD. A. ANTERIOR B. POSTERIOR C. LATERAL D. SUPERIOR SUPERIOR WHICH ORGAN SYSTEM IS PRIMARILY RESPONSIBLE FOR INTEGRATING VOLUNTARY MOVEMENTS? A. CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM B. DIGESTIVE SYSTEM C. RESPIRATORY SYSTEM D. NERVOUS SYSTEM NERVOUS SYSTEM THE LATERAL SIDE OF THE RIGHT KNEE WOULD BE_____________. A. THE KNEECAP B. CLOSEST TO THE LEFT KNEE C. FARTHEST FROM THE LEFT KNEE D. ON THE UNDERSIDE OF THE KNEE FARTHEST FROM THE KNEE IN WHICH PART OF THE LUNGS DO NEARLY ALL THE GASEOUS EXCHANGES BETWEEN AIR AND BODY TAKE PLACE? A. PLEURA B. TRACHEA C. BRONCHIOLES D. ALVEOLI ALVEOLI HOW DO THE INTERCOSTAL MUSCLES BETWEEN THE RIBS ASSIST WITH RESPIRATION? A. BY PROTECTING THE DELICATE BRONCHIOLES AND ALVEOLI. B. BY SIGNALING A DECREASE IN INTRA-ALVEOLAR PRESSURE. C. BY ENLARGING AND REDUCING THE SPACE IN THE THORAX D. BY MAINTAINING A MEDIAL SEPARATION BETWEEN PLEURAE. BY ENLARGING AND REDUCING THE SPACE IN THE THORAX IN WHICH ORGAN DO MUSCLES PUSH FOOD INTO THE STOMACH VIA PERISTALSIS? A. MOUTH B. SMALL INTESTINE C. EPIGLOTTIS D. ESOPHAGUS ESOPHAGUS FOR THE AVERAGE PERSON, WHAT IS TRUE ABOUT CALORIC INTAKE? A. IT SHOULD INCREASE WITH AGE AFTER AGE 25. B. IT SHOULD DECLINE WITH AGE AFTER AGE 25. C. IT SHOULD REMAIN CONSTANT OVER A LIFETIME. D. IT SHOULD DECLINE AND THEN INCREASE WITH AGE. IT SHOULD DECLINE WITH AGE AFTER AGE 25. THE CORPUS CALLOSUM FACILITATES COMMUNICATION BETWEEN _____________________. A. THE LEFT AND RIGHT BRAIN. B. THE SKELETAL AND NEURAL SYSTEMS. C. THE BRAIN AND SPINAL CORD. D. THE THALAMUS AND HYPOTHALAMUS. THE LEFT AND RIGHT BRAIN. HOW DOES THE INTEGUMENTARY SYSTEM WORK WITH THE NERVOUS SYSTEM? A. THE INTEGUMENTARY SYSTEM REMOVES HEAT FROM THE NEURONS IN THE NERVOUS SYSTEM. B. THE NERVOUS SYSTEM CIRCULATES NUTRIENTS OUTWARD TO THE INTEGUMENTARY SYSTEM. C. TOUCH INPUT VIA THE INTEGUMENTARY SYSTEM SENDS MESSAGES TO THE NERVOUS SYSTEM. D. MESSAGES FROM THE NERVOUS SYSTEM AFFECT THE COLOR AND TEXTURE OF THE SKIN. TOUCH INPUT VIA INTEGUMENTARY SYSTEM SENDS MESSAGES TO THE NERVOUS SYSTEM. WHEN THE PULMONARY VALVE AND AORTIC VALVES ARE OPEN, WHERE CAN BLOOD FLOW? A. BETWEEN THE TWO VENTRICLES OF THE HEART. B. FROM ATRIUM TO VENTRICLE WITHIN THE HEART. C. BETWEEN THE HEART AND THE REST OF THE BODY. D. BETWEEN THE ATRIA IN THE HEART. BETWEEN THE HEART AND THE REST OF THE BODY. WHICH MIGHT BE A RESULT OF STENOSIS, OR NARROWING OF THE HEART VALVE? A. ABDOMINAL PAIN B. BLOOD CLOTS C. EDEMA (SWELLING) OF ORGANS D. IRREGULAR HEARTBEAT IRREGULAR HEARTBEATS THE HUMAN SKULL CONTAINS ABOUT HOW MANY BONES? A. ABOUT 5 B. ABOUT 30 C. ABOUT 60 D. ABOUT 210 ABOUT 30 THE ARTERIES ARE PART OF THE _________________. A. NERVOUS SYSTEM B. ENDOCRINE SYSTEM C. LYMPHATIC SYSTEM D. CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM WHICH IS A SECONDARY DEFENSE FOR THE BODY AGAINST PATHOGENS? A. TEARS B. URINE C. INFLAMMATION D. MUCUS INFLAMMATION WHICH ORGAN SYSTEM IS PRIMARILY RESPONSIBLE FOR STORING MINERALS? A. SKELETAL SYSTEM B. ENDOCRINE SYSTEM C. LYMPHATIC SYSTEM D. CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM SKELETAL SYSTEM THE VENA CAVAE DRAIN BLOOD FROM THE BODY INTO THE ______________? A. RIGHT ATRIUM B. RIGHT VENTRICLE C. LEFT ATRIUM D. LEFT VENTRICLE RIGHT ATRIUM BERIBERI IS A DISEASE CAUSED BY LACK OF ______________________. A. THIAMINE B. VITAMIN C C. NIACIN D. PROTEIN THIAMINE HOW DOES THE ENDOCRINE SYSTEM WORK WITH THE REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM? A. THE REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM TRANSFORMS MINERALS INTO USEFUL NUTRIENTS. B. THE ENDOCRINE SYSTEM DETERMINES THE SEX OF THE EMBRYO. C. THE REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM CONTROLS THE GROWTH OF SECONDARY SEX ORGANS. D. THE ENDOCRINE SYSTEM PRODUCES CHEMICALS THAT REGULATE SEXUAL FUCTIONS. THE ENDOCRINE SYSTEM PRODUCES CHEMICALS THE REGULATE SEXUAL FUCTIONS. WHICH HORMONE CONTROLS SLEEP, MOOD, AND APPETITE? A. SEROTONIN B. OXYTOCIN C. CORTISOL D. ALDOSTERONE SEROTONIN WHICH PART OF THE BRAIN IS MOST POSTERIOR? A. FRONTAL LOBE B. PARIETAL LOBE C. TEMPORAL LOBE D. OCCIPITAL LOBE OCCIPITAL LOBE WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING IS A HDL CHOLESTEROL LEVEL THAT MIGHT WARRANT REGULAR TESTING? A. 70 B. 60 C. 50 D. 40 40 HOW DOES A TRANSVERSE SECTION DIVIDE THE BODY? A. INTO RIGHT AND LEFT REGIONS B. INTO UPPER AND LOWER REGIONS C. INTO FRONT AND BACK REGIONS D. BETWEEN THE DORSAL AND VENTRAL CAVITIES INTO UPPER AND LOWER REGIONS WHAT IS THE FUNCTION OF AMYLASE? A. BREAKING DOWN STARCH B. DIGESTING FAT C. BREAKING DOWN PROTEIN D. ABSORBING WATER BREAKING DOWN STARCH THE SPLEEN IS PART OF THE _______________. A. NERVOUS SYSTEM B. INTEGUMENTARY SYSTEM C. LYMPHATIC SYSTEM D. URINARY SYSTEM LYMPHATIC SYSTEM WHICH MINERAL IS IMPORTANT FOR THE FORMATION OF RED BLOOD CELLS? A. SELENIUM B. CALCIUM C. MAGNESIUM D. COPPER COPPER THE DORSAL BODY CAVITY IS ____________ TO THE VENTRAL BODY CAVITY. A. MEDIAL B. DEEP C. POSTERIOR D ANTERIOR POSTERIOR WHICH ORGAN SYSTEM IS PRIMARILY RESPONSIBLE FOR PREVENTING WATER LOSS? A. NERVOUS SYSTEM B. INTEGUMENTARY SYSTEM C. LYMPHATIC SYSTEM D. URINARY SYSTEM INTEGUMENTARY SYSTEM WHICH IS AN ANTERIOR MUSCLE? A. GLUTEUS MAXIMUS B. QUADRICEPS FEMORIS C. BICEPS FEMORIS D. ABDUCTOR MAGNUS QUADRICEPS FEMORIS HOW MIGHT THE HEADREST ON A CAR PREVENT TRAUMATIC INJURY? A. BY LIMITING HYPERFLEXION OF THE NECK. B. BY LIMITING HYPEREXTENSION OF THE NECK. C. BY REDUCING VERTEBRAL COMPRESSION. D. BY PREVENTING DISC DEGENERATION. BY LIMITING HYPEREXTENSION OF THE NECK. WHICH MIGHT YOU EXPECT TO SEE IN A WHIPLASH INJURY? A. CARDIOPULMONARY PROBLEMS B. SIDE TO SIDE SPINAL CURVATURE C. EVENTUAL HERNIATION OF DISCS D. TRAUMATIC INJURY TO LIGAMENTS TRAUMATIC INJURY TO LIGAMENTS MUSCLE CONTRACTIONS THAT NORMALLY MOVE FOOD ALONG THE HUMAN DIGESTIVE SYSTEM ARE KNOWN AS ________________. A. DEFECATION B. OSMOSIS C. PERISTALSIS D. CIRCULATION PERISTALSIS WHICH TYPE OF NUTRIENTS DOES not PROVIDE THE BODY WITH ENERGY? A. VITAMIN B. CARBOHYDRATE C. FAT D. PROTEIN VITAMIN WHERE WOULD YOU BE LIKELY TO FIND A SCHWANN CELL? A. IN THE DIGESTIVE SYSTEM B. IN THE NERVOUS SYSTEM C. IN THE SKELETAL SYSTEM D. IN THE MUSCULAR SYSTEM IN THE NERVOUS SYSTEM HOW DOES THE NERVOUS SYSTEM WORK WITH THE MUSCULAR SYSTEM? A. THE MUSCLE OF THE BODY PRODUCE CHEMICALS THAT FEED THE NERVES. B. THE NERVOUS SYSTEM TELLS THE MUSCLES HOW TO RESPOND TO THE ENVIRONMENT. C. THE NERVOUS SYSTEM RELEASES CHEMICALS THAT REMOVE EXCESS WASTE FROM THE MUSCLES. D. THE MUSCULAR SYSTEM PROVIDES INPUT THAT ALLOWS THE NERVES TO MAKE DECISIONS. THE NERVOUS SYSTEM TELLS THE MUSCLES HOW TO RESPOND TO THE ENVIRONMENT WHICH PART OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM INCLUDES THE FEMORAL, RADIAL, AND ULNAR NERVES? A. SOMATIC B. AUTONOMIC C. SYMPATHETIC D. PARASYMPATHETIC SOMATIC WHERE MIGHT A HERNIATED LUMBAR DISC BE MOST LIKELY TO CREATE PAIN? A. ALONG THE RADIAL NERVE B. WITHIN THE SPINAL CORD C. ALONG THE SCIATIC NERVE D. ALONG THE TIBIAL NERVE ALONG THE SCIATIC NERVE WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE BONE IN THE HUMAN THIGH? A. ULNA B. FEMUR C. RADIUS D. HUMERUS FEMUR THE OVARIES ARE PART OF THE _________________. A. SKELETAL SYSTEM B. NERVOUS SYSTEM C. LYMPHATIC SYSTEM D. REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM OF THE FOLLOWING PROCESSES, WHICH ONE IS A DIFFERENT LEVEL OF DEFENSE FROM THE OTHERS? A. A LOW pH IN THE THE STOMACH B. CILIA PRESENT IN THE TRACHEA C. BODY CELLS RECOGNIZING A PATHOGEN D. MUCUS PRESENT IN THE NASAL CAVITY BODY CELLS RECOGNIZING A PATHOGEN WHICH ORGAN SYSTEM IS PRIMARILY RESPONSIBLE FOR REGULATING MUSCLE GROWTH? A. SKELETAL SYSTEM B. ENDOCRINE SYSTEM C. NERVOUS SYSTEM D. REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM ENDOCRINE SYSTEM WHICH PARTS OF THE HEART ARE SEPARATED BY THE MITRAL VALVE? A. LEFT ATRIUM AND RIGHT ATRIUM B. RIGHT ATRIUM AND RIGHT VENTRICLE C. LEFT VENTRICLE AND RIGHT VENTRICLE D. LEFT ATRIUM AND LEFT VENTRICLE LEFT ATRIUM AND LEFT VENTRICLE HOW MIGHT VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY PRESENT? A. AS BLEEDING GUMS B. AS SWOLLEN EXTREMITIES C. AS RED PATCHES D. AS CROOKED BONES AS CROOKED BONES HOW DOES THE LYMPHATIC SYSTEM WORK WITH THE CIRCULATORY SYSTEM? A. THE CIRCULATORY SYSTEM PRODUCES RED BLOOD CELLS FOR THE LYMPHATIC SYSTEM. B. LYMPH DRAWS EXCESS FLUID FROM THE CELLS AND DEPOSITS IT INTO THE BLOOD VESSELS. C. THE HEART REGULATES THE PRODUCTION OF LYMPH IN THE LYMPH GLANDS. D. WHITE CELLS FROM THE LYMPHATIC SYSTEM ELIMINATES EXCESS RED BLOOD CELLS.Q LYMPH DRAWS EXCESS FLUID FROM THE CELLS AND DEPOSITS IT INTO THE BLOOD VESSELS.