Nursing ATI TEAS 7 Test
3 Main layers of the skin - epidermis (contains melanocytes, which affect skin pigment), dermis (contains
hair follicles, nerve endings, blood vessels, glands), and hypodermic (or subcutaneous layer)
3 Main Secretions of the Stomach - pepsinogen (chief cells), mucus (goblet cells), and hydrochloric acid
(parietal cells)
3 Types of Muscle Tissue - skeletal (striated, strong, associated with voluntary muscle movement),
smooth (non-striated, associated with autonomic nervous systems, "involuntary movement"), and
cardiac (heart muscle, striated, has internal pacemaker)
Active immunity - natural immunity results when a person is directly exposed to a pathogen and
produces antibodies through the body's immune response
Acute angles - angles <90 degrees
Adaptive immune system - both reacts (cellular response; fights pathogens) and remembers (humoral
response; antibodies)
Adenosine Triphosphate (ATP) - a compound that provides energy to cells. It is needed for muscle
movement. It is generated from food by mitochondria
Afferent Neuron - transmit sensory information to the CNS
Allele - one of two or more versions of a gene. Individual inherit two alleles for each gene, one from
each parent. The dominant allele is the stronger one, and the recessive allele is the weaker.
Alveoli - tiny, thin-walled air sacs at the ends of the smallest bronchioles where oxygen and carbon
dioxide are exchanged
Antecubital - front of the elbow
Area - the amount of space within the boundary of the shape
Argument - a point the author believes
Arteries - thick-walled blood vessels that carry blood away from the heart to deliver oxygenated blood
to body tissues
Atom - the fundamental unit of matter and the smallest unit that retains the properties of a chemical
element. The nucleus (core) of an atom contains neutrons (neutral) and protons (positive. Electrons
(negative) are outside the nucleus in "pathways" called orbitals (electron cloud). They increase in energy
as they get farther away from the nucleus.
Atomic Number - defined by the number of protons. All atoms of the same element have the same
atomic number
, Atomic weight - number below the element's symbol in the periodic table, measured in atomic mass
units (amu)
Atria - the two upper chambers of the heart
Autonomic Nervous System - controls involuntary movement such as heart rate and rhythm, digestion,
and respiration
Axillary - armpit
Balance - instrument used to measure an object's mass
Bias - tendency toward a preconceived idea
Bonds - strong attractive forces between elements and compounds that are continually being created
and broken. Chemical reactions are the breaking and formation of chemical bonds
Brachial - arm
Bronchi - main passageways directly attached to the lungs; they subdivide into smaller and smaller
branches (bronchioles)
Buccal - cheek
Capillaries - smallest blood vessels made of a single layer of endothelial cells which form networks to
connect the arterial and venous systems and exchange materials between blood and the body's tissues.
In the lungs they connect with alveoli for gas exchange
Cardiovascular/Circulatory System - moves blood through the body to transport oxygen, nutrients,
chemical messengers, and immune molecules and to remove waste
Carpal - wrist
Catalyst - chemical that accelerates a chemical reaction by decreasing the activation energy needed for
the reaction
Cell - the basic structural and organizational unit or organisms
Cell division - cells can be created only by preexisting cells. The two types of cell division are mitosis and
meiosis
Celsius to Fahrenheit - (C x 1.8) + 32
Central Nervous System (CNS) - brain and spinal cord
Cephalic - head
Cervical - neck
Chromosome - a threadlike structure of nucleic acids and protein found in the nucleus of most living
cells. Humans have 22 pairs plus a pair of sex chromosomes (XX for women, XY for men), for a total of 46
chromosomes.
3 Main layers of the skin - epidermis (contains melanocytes, which affect skin pigment), dermis (contains
hair follicles, nerve endings, blood vessels, glands), and hypodermic (or subcutaneous layer)
3 Main Secretions of the Stomach - pepsinogen (chief cells), mucus (goblet cells), and hydrochloric acid
(parietal cells)
3 Types of Muscle Tissue - skeletal (striated, strong, associated with voluntary muscle movement),
smooth (non-striated, associated with autonomic nervous systems, "involuntary movement"), and
cardiac (heart muscle, striated, has internal pacemaker)
Active immunity - natural immunity results when a person is directly exposed to a pathogen and
produces antibodies through the body's immune response
Acute angles - angles <90 degrees
Adaptive immune system - both reacts (cellular response; fights pathogens) and remembers (humoral
response; antibodies)
Adenosine Triphosphate (ATP) - a compound that provides energy to cells. It is needed for muscle
movement. It is generated from food by mitochondria
Afferent Neuron - transmit sensory information to the CNS
Allele - one of two or more versions of a gene. Individual inherit two alleles for each gene, one from
each parent. The dominant allele is the stronger one, and the recessive allele is the weaker.
Alveoli - tiny, thin-walled air sacs at the ends of the smallest bronchioles where oxygen and carbon
dioxide are exchanged
Antecubital - front of the elbow
Area - the amount of space within the boundary of the shape
Argument - a point the author believes
Arteries - thick-walled blood vessels that carry blood away from the heart to deliver oxygenated blood
to body tissues
Atom - the fundamental unit of matter and the smallest unit that retains the properties of a chemical
element. The nucleus (core) of an atom contains neutrons (neutral) and protons (positive. Electrons
(negative) are outside the nucleus in "pathways" called orbitals (electron cloud). They increase in energy
as they get farther away from the nucleus.
Atomic Number - defined by the number of protons. All atoms of the same element have the same
atomic number
, Atomic weight - number below the element's symbol in the periodic table, measured in atomic mass
units (amu)
Atria - the two upper chambers of the heart
Autonomic Nervous System - controls involuntary movement such as heart rate and rhythm, digestion,
and respiration
Axillary - armpit
Balance - instrument used to measure an object's mass
Bias - tendency toward a preconceived idea
Bonds - strong attractive forces between elements and compounds that are continually being created
and broken. Chemical reactions are the breaking and formation of chemical bonds
Brachial - arm
Bronchi - main passageways directly attached to the lungs; they subdivide into smaller and smaller
branches (bronchioles)
Buccal - cheek
Capillaries - smallest blood vessels made of a single layer of endothelial cells which form networks to
connect the arterial and venous systems and exchange materials between blood and the body's tissues.
In the lungs they connect with alveoli for gas exchange
Cardiovascular/Circulatory System - moves blood through the body to transport oxygen, nutrients,
chemical messengers, and immune molecules and to remove waste
Carpal - wrist
Catalyst - chemical that accelerates a chemical reaction by decreasing the activation energy needed for
the reaction
Cell - the basic structural and organizational unit or organisms
Cell division - cells can be created only by preexisting cells. The two types of cell division are mitosis and
meiosis
Celsius to Fahrenheit - (C x 1.8) + 32
Central Nervous System (CNS) - brain and spinal cord
Cephalic - head
Cervical - neck
Chromosome - a threadlike structure of nucleic acids and protein found in the nucleus of most living
cells. Humans have 22 pairs plus a pair of sex chromosomes (XX for women, XY for men), for a total of 46
chromosomes.
