HESI A2 A&P 2026 Exam with precise detailed answers ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
Patients with lower than normal thrombocytes, are at risk of ___ - correct
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answer✔✔extensive bleeding ||\\//||
What are thrombocytes? - correct answer✔✔They are part of the clotting process
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What is described as a group of similar cells, and their intracellular matrix that carry out a
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specific function together? - correct answer✔✔Tissue
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——- glands secrete hormones directly into the blood - correct answer✔✔?
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Pathway of blood through the circulatory system - correct answer✔✔Right atrium, tricuspid
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valve, right ventricle, pulmonary valve, pulmonary artery, lungs, pulmonary vein, left
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atrium, mitral valve, left ventricle, aortic valve, aorta, body tissues, vena cava, right atrium
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What carpals articulate the distal end of 2 bones? - correct answer✔✔Radius and ulna
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What bones form via intramembranous ossification? - correct answer✔✔flat bones of the
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skull, clavicle, and most of the cranial bones
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A sprain occurs when which of the following structures is stretched or torn? - correct
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answer✔✔ligament
What tissue is most widely distributed throughout the body? - correct answer✔✔connective
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tissue
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, Name the layers of the epidermis from superficial to deep - correct answer✔✔stratum
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corneum, stratum lucidum, stratum granulosum, stratum germinativum ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
Which of the four chambers of the heart has the thickest muscular wall? - correct
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answer✔✔left ventricle ||\\//||
In the heart, what is the function of the mitral valve? - correct answer✔✔Lets blood flow
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from the left atrium to the right ventricle
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Where is the tibialis anterior muscle located? - correct answer✔✔front part of lower leg
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What important minerals are stored in the skeletal sysytem? - correct answer✔✔calcium
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and phosphotus
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The Malleus, Incus, and Stapes are located in which part of the body? - correct
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answer✔✔ear
What organelle is responsible for digesting damaged cellular structures, macromolecules,
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and bacteria ingested by cell? - correct answer✔✔Lysosome
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What is it called when a call takes in oxygen to break down glucose to create ATP? Also
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known as an oxidative catabolic activity. - correct answer✔✔Cellular Respiration
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What part of the eye lets you see color? - correct answer✔✔Retina
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What blood vessel returns blood from the lungs, back to the heart? - correct
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answer✔✔pulmonary veins ||\\//||
Patients with lower than normal thrombocytes, are at risk of ___ - correct
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answer✔✔extensive bleeding ||\\//||
What are thrombocytes? - correct answer✔✔They are part of the clotting process
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What is described as a group of similar cells, and their intracellular matrix that carry out a
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specific function together? - correct answer✔✔Tissue
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——- glands secrete hormones directly into the blood - correct answer✔✔?
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Pathway of blood through the circulatory system - correct answer✔✔Right atrium, tricuspid
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valve, right ventricle, pulmonary valve, pulmonary artery, lungs, pulmonary vein, left
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atrium, mitral valve, left ventricle, aortic valve, aorta, body tissues, vena cava, right atrium
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What carpals articulate the distal end of 2 bones? - correct answer✔✔Radius and ulna
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What bones form via intramembranous ossification? - correct answer✔✔flat bones of the
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skull, clavicle, and most of the cranial bones
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A sprain occurs when which of the following structures is stretched or torn? - correct
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answer✔✔ligament
What tissue is most widely distributed throughout the body? - correct answer✔✔connective
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tissue
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, Name the layers of the epidermis from superficial to deep - correct answer✔✔stratum
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corneum, stratum lucidum, stratum granulosum, stratum germinativum ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
Which of the four chambers of the heart has the thickest muscular wall? - correct
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answer✔✔left ventricle ||\\//||
In the heart, what is the function of the mitral valve? - correct answer✔✔Lets blood flow
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from the left atrium to the right ventricle
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Where is the tibialis anterior muscle located? - correct answer✔✔front part of lower leg
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What important minerals are stored in the skeletal sysytem? - correct answer✔✔calcium
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and phosphotus
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The Malleus, Incus, and Stapes are located in which part of the body? - correct
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answer✔✔ear
What organelle is responsible for digesting damaged cellular structures, macromolecules,
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and bacteria ingested by cell? - correct answer✔✔Lysosome
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What is it called when a call takes in oxygen to break down glucose to create ATP? Also
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known as an oxidative catabolic activity. - correct answer✔✔Cellular Respiration
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What part of the eye lets you see color? - correct answer✔✔Retina
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What blood vessel returns blood from the lungs, back to the heart? - correct
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answer✔✔pulmonary veins ||\\//||
