Hesi Entrance Exam A&P Practice Test
Question with 100% correct answers 2024 edition
What mineral is responsible for muscle contractions? -✔✔ Calcium
Which of the the following locations would the urinary bladder and internal reproductive organs be
found? -✔✔ Pelvic cavity
What separates the thoracic cavity from the abdominal cavity? -✔✔ Diaphragm
A tissue examined under the microscope exhibits the following characteristics: cells found on internal
surface of stomach, no extracellular matrix, cells tall and thin, no blood vessels in the tissue.
What type of tissue is this? -✔✔ Epithelial
Nerve tissue is composed of neuron and connective tissue cells that are referred to as which of the
following? -✔✔ Neuroglia
Which tissue serves as the framework of the body by providing support and structure for the organs? -
✔✔ Connective
What is the basic unit of life and the building block of tissues and organs? -✔✔ Cell
Which type of cell division takes place in the gonads? -✔✔ Meiosis
In what area of the body would you expect to find and especially thick stratum corneum? -✔✔ Heel of
the foot
What are the glands of the skin that produce a thin, watery secretion? -✔✔ Eccrine glands
, Skin aids in maintaining the calcium and phosphate levels of the body by participating in the production
of which of the following? -✔✔ Vitamin D
Which of the following are functions of the skeletal system? -✔✔ Support the body, hemopoiesis,
provide protection
The orthopedic surgeon informs you that you have broken the middle region of the humerus.
What is he describing? -✔✔ Diaphysis
You have been given a sample of tissue that has open spaces partially filled by an assemblage of
needlelike structures.
What is the tissue? -✔✔ Spongy bone
The only moveable bone in the skull is? -✔✔ Mandible
Which mineral is responsible for regulating fluid in the body? -✔✔ Magnesium
Why are the skeletal muscles also called voluntary muscles? -✔✔ They are under conscious control.
All actions of the nervous system depend on the transmission of nerve impulses over ______. -✔✔
Neurons
Motor or _____ neurons transmit nerve impulses away from the CNS. -✔✔ Efferent
Jeffery has contracted bulbar poliomyelitis, and it has affected the medulla oblongata. The doctors
warned the family that his condition is grave and death may be imminent. What functions of the
Question with 100% correct answers 2024 edition
What mineral is responsible for muscle contractions? -✔✔ Calcium
Which of the the following locations would the urinary bladder and internal reproductive organs be
found? -✔✔ Pelvic cavity
What separates the thoracic cavity from the abdominal cavity? -✔✔ Diaphragm
A tissue examined under the microscope exhibits the following characteristics: cells found on internal
surface of stomach, no extracellular matrix, cells tall and thin, no blood vessels in the tissue.
What type of tissue is this? -✔✔ Epithelial
Nerve tissue is composed of neuron and connective tissue cells that are referred to as which of the
following? -✔✔ Neuroglia
Which tissue serves as the framework of the body by providing support and structure for the organs? -
✔✔ Connective
What is the basic unit of life and the building block of tissues and organs? -✔✔ Cell
Which type of cell division takes place in the gonads? -✔✔ Meiosis
In what area of the body would you expect to find and especially thick stratum corneum? -✔✔ Heel of
the foot
What are the glands of the skin that produce a thin, watery secretion? -✔✔ Eccrine glands
, Skin aids in maintaining the calcium and phosphate levels of the body by participating in the production
of which of the following? -✔✔ Vitamin D
Which of the following are functions of the skeletal system? -✔✔ Support the body, hemopoiesis,
provide protection
The orthopedic surgeon informs you that you have broken the middle region of the humerus.
What is he describing? -✔✔ Diaphysis
You have been given a sample of tissue that has open spaces partially filled by an assemblage of
needlelike structures.
What is the tissue? -✔✔ Spongy bone
The only moveable bone in the skull is? -✔✔ Mandible
Which mineral is responsible for regulating fluid in the body? -✔✔ Magnesium
Why are the skeletal muscles also called voluntary muscles? -✔✔ They are under conscious control.
All actions of the nervous system depend on the transmission of nerve impulses over ______. -✔✔
Neurons
Motor or _____ neurons transmit nerve impulses away from the CNS. -✔✔ Efferent
Jeffery has contracted bulbar poliomyelitis, and it has affected the medulla oblongata. The doctors
warned the family that his condition is grave and death may be imminent. What functions of the
