TEAS & HESI A2 Anatomy and Physiology Study Guide | 100 Practice
Questions with Explained Answers | Body Systems Review
100 original practice questions
Answer in your own words unless a numerical answer is requested. Explain your
reasoning. Keep this section separate from the answer key during practice.
Organisation and homeostasis
1. What is the difference between anatomy and physiology?
2. What is the standard anatomical position?
3. What does superior mean in anatomical description?
4. What does medial mean?
5. What is the difference between proximal and distal?
6. Which plane separates the body into left and right portions?
7. Which plane divides superior and inferior portions?
8. What is negative feedback?
9. How does positive feedback differ from negative feedback?
10. What are the three basic parts of a feedback loop?
Cells and tissues
11. What is the plasma membrane’s main role?
12. Which organelle contains most cellular DNA?
13. Which organelles assemble proteins?
14. Why are mitochondria important?
15. What does the Golgi apparatus do?
16. What does active transport require that simple diffusion does not?
17. What is epithelial tissue’s broad function?
18. Which tissue type includes bone, blood and adipose tissue?
19. What distinguishes muscle tissue?
20. What is nervous tissue specialised to do?
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Questions with Explained Answers | Body Systems Review
100 original practice questions
Answer in your own words unless a numerical answer is requested. Explain your
reasoning. Keep this section separate from the answer key during practice.
Organisation and homeostasis
1. What is the difference between anatomy and physiology?
2. What is the standard anatomical position?
3. What does superior mean in anatomical description?
4. What does medial mean?
5. What is the difference between proximal and distal?
6. Which plane separates the body into left and right portions?
7. Which plane divides superior and inferior portions?
8. What is negative feedback?
9. How does positive feedback differ from negative feedback?
10. What are the three basic parts of a feedback loop?
Cells and tissues
11. What is the plasma membrane’s main role?
12. Which organelle contains most cellular DNA?
13. Which organelles assemble proteins?
14. Why are mitochondria important?
15. What does the Golgi apparatus do?
16. What does active transport require that simple diffusion does not?
17. What is epithelial tissue’s broad function?
18. Which tissue type includes bone, blood and adipose tissue?
19. What distinguishes muscle tissue?
20. What is nervous tissue specialised to do?
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