HESI A2 A&P NERVOUS SYSTEM PRACTICE
TEST QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED SOLUTIONS
2026
◉ *Sagittal Section*. Answer: MEDIAN PLANE
◉ *Frontal Section*. Answer: CORONAL PLANE
◉ *Cross-Section*. Answer: TRANSVERSE PLANE
◉ *What is the anatomic position?*. Answer: The body is erect, feet
slightly apart, the head is held high, and the palms of the hands are
facing forward
◉ *Superior is*. Answer: ABOVE
◉ *Inferior is*. Answer: BELOW
◉ *Anterior is*. Answer: FACING FORWARD
◉ *Posterior is*. Answer: TOWARD THE BACK
,◉ *Medial is*. Answer: TOWARD THE MIDLINE
◉ *Lateral is*. Answer: AWAY from the MIDLINE
◉ *Proximal is*. Answer: CLOSER to the point of attachment
◉ *Distal is*. Answer: FURTHER away from the point of attachment
◉ Dorsal Body cavity includes what?. Answer: Cranial and Spinal
Nerves
◉ Ventral Body cavity includes what?. Answer: The orbits and the
nasal, oral, thoracic, and abdominopelvic cavities
◉ *Histology is the study of what?*. Answer: TISSUES!
◉ A Tissue is a?. Answer: Group of cells that act together to perform
specific functions
◉ What are the 4 Fundamental Tissues of the Human Body?.
Answer: Epithelial Tissue
Connective Tissue
Nerve Tissue
,Muscle Tissue
◉ Epithelial Cells do what?. Answer: Cover, line, and protect the
body its internal organs
◉ Connective Tissue is the framework of?. Answer: The body,
providing support and structure for the organs
◉ Nerve Tissue is composed of?. Answer: Neurons and connective
tissue cells
◉ *What is a neuroglia?*. Answer: A connective tissue nerve cells
◉ Muscle tissue have the ability to?. Answer: Contract or shorten
◉ Muscle tissue is classified as?. Answer: Voluntary Muscles and
Involuntary Muscles
◉ What muscles are voluntary?. Answer: Skeletal Muscles
◉ What muscles are involuntary?. Answer: Smooth Muscles
◉ *What is the basic unit of life?*. Answer: A CELL!
, ◉ *Who is the building block of tissues and organs?*. Answer: A
CELL!
◉ What does a nucleus contain?. Answer: Deoxyribonucleic acid
(DNA) and ribosomes
◉ What is the job of a ribosome?. Answer: Synthesizes proteins
◉ What do proteins include?. Answer: Enzymes that regulate all
chemical reactions within the body
◉ *What is MITOSIS necessary for?*. Answer: Growth and repair
◉ *What happens during the process of MITOSIS?*. Answer: The
DNA is duplicated and distributed evenly to two daughter cells
◉ *MEIOSIS is specializes in?*. Answer: Cells division that takes
place in the gonads, which is the ovaries and the testes
◉ *What happens during the process of MEIOSIS?*. Answer: The
chromosome number is reduced from 46 to 23
TEST QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED SOLUTIONS
2026
◉ *Sagittal Section*. Answer: MEDIAN PLANE
◉ *Frontal Section*. Answer: CORONAL PLANE
◉ *Cross-Section*. Answer: TRANSVERSE PLANE
◉ *What is the anatomic position?*. Answer: The body is erect, feet
slightly apart, the head is held high, and the palms of the hands are
facing forward
◉ *Superior is*. Answer: ABOVE
◉ *Inferior is*. Answer: BELOW
◉ *Anterior is*. Answer: FACING FORWARD
◉ *Posterior is*. Answer: TOWARD THE BACK
,◉ *Medial is*. Answer: TOWARD THE MIDLINE
◉ *Lateral is*. Answer: AWAY from the MIDLINE
◉ *Proximal is*. Answer: CLOSER to the point of attachment
◉ *Distal is*. Answer: FURTHER away from the point of attachment
◉ Dorsal Body cavity includes what?. Answer: Cranial and Spinal
Nerves
◉ Ventral Body cavity includes what?. Answer: The orbits and the
nasal, oral, thoracic, and abdominopelvic cavities
◉ *Histology is the study of what?*. Answer: TISSUES!
◉ A Tissue is a?. Answer: Group of cells that act together to perform
specific functions
◉ What are the 4 Fundamental Tissues of the Human Body?.
Answer: Epithelial Tissue
Connective Tissue
Nerve Tissue
,Muscle Tissue
◉ Epithelial Cells do what?. Answer: Cover, line, and protect the
body its internal organs
◉ Connective Tissue is the framework of?. Answer: The body,
providing support and structure for the organs
◉ Nerve Tissue is composed of?. Answer: Neurons and connective
tissue cells
◉ *What is a neuroglia?*. Answer: A connective tissue nerve cells
◉ Muscle tissue have the ability to?. Answer: Contract or shorten
◉ Muscle tissue is classified as?. Answer: Voluntary Muscles and
Involuntary Muscles
◉ What muscles are voluntary?. Answer: Skeletal Muscles
◉ What muscles are involuntary?. Answer: Smooth Muscles
◉ *What is the basic unit of life?*. Answer: A CELL!
, ◉ *Who is the building block of tissues and organs?*. Answer: A
CELL!
◉ What does a nucleus contain?. Answer: Deoxyribonucleic acid
(DNA) and ribosomes
◉ What is the job of a ribosome?. Answer: Synthesizes proteins
◉ What do proteins include?. Answer: Enzymes that regulate all
chemical reactions within the body
◉ *What is MITOSIS necessary for?*. Answer: Growth and repair
◉ *What happens during the process of MITOSIS?*. Answer: The
DNA is duplicated and distributed evenly to two daughter cells
◉ *MEIOSIS is specializes in?*. Answer: Cells division that takes
place in the gonads, which is the ovaries and the testes
◉ *What happens during the process of MEIOSIS?*. Answer: The
chromosome number is reduced from 46 to 23
