HESI A2 ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY questions
and answers with solutions 2025/2026
WHAT IS HISTOLOGY ? - ANSWER THE STUDY OF TISSUES
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 , AT TRACTING 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 .
WHAT ARE SEBACEOUS GLANDS PRONE TO DURING ADOLESCENCE ? - ANSWER BECOMING
CLOGGED AND AT TRACTING BACTERIA .
WHAT PROTEIN COMPOSES THE HAIR AND SKIN ? - ANSWER KERATIN
and answers with solutions 2025/2026
WHAT IS HISTOLOGY ? - ANSWER THE STUDY OF TISSUES
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 , AT TRACTING 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 .
WHAT ARE SEBACEOUS GLANDS PRONE TO DURING ADOLESCENCE ? - ANSWER BECOMING
CLOGGED AND AT TRACTING BACTERIA .
WHAT PROTEIN COMPOSES THE HAIR AND SKIN ? - ANSWER KERATIN
