HESI A2 NERVOUS SYSTEM EXAMINATION TEST
QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED CORRECT
ANSWERS 2026
◉ What is a tissue? Answer: A group of cells that act together to
perform a specific function.
◉ What are the fundamental tissues? Answer: Epithelial
Connective
Muscle
Nerve
(Elephants Can Make News)
◉ What is the function of epithelial cells? Answer: Cover, line, and
protect the body and the internal organs.
◉ What is the function of connective tissue? Answer: Framework of
the body. Provides support and structure to organs.
◉ What is neuroglia? Answer: The neurons and connective tissue
cells that compose nerve tissue.
,◉ What ability does muscle tissue have? Answer: Ability to contract
and shorten.
◉ What is muscle tissue classified as? Answer: Voluntary(skeletal
muscles) and involuntary(smooth & cardiac)
◉ What is meiosis? Answer: The cell division that takes place in the
gonads, i.e. the ovaries and testes.
◉ What two layers compose the skin? Answer: Epidermis and
dermis.
◉ What is the epidermis? Answer: The outermost protective layer of
dead keratinized epithelial cells.
◉ What is the dermis? Answer: The underlying layer of connective
tissue with blood vessels, nerve endings, and the associated skin
tissues.
◉ What are the layers of the epidermis? Answer: Corneum
Lucidum
Granulosum
Germivatum ( basale & spinosum)
Mnemonic: Candy Lions Growl Great.
, ◉ What does the protein pigment melanin protect against? Answer:
Radiation from the Sun
◉ What is the dermis composed of? Answer: Fibrous connective
tissue with nerve endings, blood vessels, sensory nerve endings, hair
follicles, and glands.
◉ What are the 2 types of sweat glands? Answer: ecrine & apocrine
◉ What do ecrine sweat glands produce? Answer: Sweat. Regulate
body temperature.
◉ What do apocrine sweat glands produce? Answer: Secretions
contain bits of cytoplasm from cells, attracting bacteria that
produces body odor.
◉ What do sebaceous glands secrete? Answer: They secrete sebum
through the hair follicles, which lubricates the skin and prevents
drying.
◉ What secretion produces oil? Answer: Holocrine secretion.
QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED CORRECT
ANSWERS 2026
◉ What is a tissue? Answer: A group of cells that act together to
perform a specific function.
◉ What are the fundamental tissues? Answer: Epithelial
Connective
Muscle
Nerve
(Elephants Can Make News)
◉ What is the function of epithelial cells? Answer: Cover, line, and
protect the body and the internal organs.
◉ What is the function of connective tissue? Answer: Framework of
the body. Provides support and structure to organs.
◉ What is neuroglia? Answer: The neurons and connective tissue
cells that compose nerve tissue.
,◉ What ability does muscle tissue have? Answer: Ability to contract
and shorten.
◉ What is muscle tissue classified as? Answer: Voluntary(skeletal
muscles) and involuntary(smooth & cardiac)
◉ What is meiosis? Answer: The cell division that takes place in the
gonads, i.e. the ovaries and testes.
◉ What two layers compose the skin? Answer: Epidermis and
dermis.
◉ What is the epidermis? Answer: The outermost protective layer of
dead keratinized epithelial cells.
◉ What is the dermis? Answer: The underlying layer of connective
tissue with blood vessels, nerve endings, and the associated skin
tissues.
◉ What are the layers of the epidermis? Answer: Corneum
Lucidum
Granulosum
Germivatum ( basale & spinosum)
Mnemonic: Candy Lions Growl Great.
, ◉ What does the protein pigment melanin protect against? Answer:
Radiation from the Sun
◉ What is the dermis composed of? Answer: Fibrous connective
tissue with nerve endings, blood vessels, sensory nerve endings, hair
follicles, and glands.
◉ What are the 2 types of sweat glands? Answer: ecrine & apocrine
◉ What do ecrine sweat glands produce? Answer: Sweat. Regulate
body temperature.
◉ What do apocrine sweat glands produce? Answer: Secretions
contain bits of cytoplasm from cells, attracting bacteria that
produces body odor.
◉ What do sebaceous glands secrete? Answer: They secrete sebum
through the hair follicles, which lubricates the skin and prevents
drying.
◉ What secretion produces oil? Answer: Holocrine secretion.
