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HESI A2 ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS VERSION 1 &2 MOST TESTED QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED
ANSWERS GRADED A+ | INSTANT PDF DOWNLOAD
What is the function of epithelial cells? - SELECTED ANSWER 👀 Cover, line, and
protect the body and the internal organs.
What is the function of connective tissue? - SELECTED ANSWER 👀 Framework of
the body. Provides support and structure to organs.
What is neuroglia? - SELECTED ANSWER 👀 The neurons and connective tissue
cells that compose nerve tissue.
What ability does muscle tissue have? - SELECTED ANSWER 👀 Ability to contract
and shorten.
What is histology? - SELECTED ANSWER 👀 The study of tissues
What is a tissue? - SELECTED ANSWER 👀 A group of cells that act together to
perform a specific function.
What are the fundamental tissues? - SELECTED ANSWER 👀 Epithelial
Connective
Muscle
Nerve
(Elephants Can Make News)
What is muscle tissue classified as? - SELECTED ANSWER 👀 Voluntary(skeletal
muscles) and involuntary(smooth & cardiac)
What is meiosis? - SELECTED ANSWER 👀 The cell division that takes place in the
gonads, i.e. the ovaries and testes.
What two layers compose the skin? - SELECTED ANSWER 👀 Epidermis and
dermis.
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What is the epidermis? - SELECTED ANSWER 👀 The outermost protective layer
of dead keratinized epithelial cells.
What is the dermis? - SELECTED ANSWER 👀 The underlying layer of connective
tissue with blood vessels, nerve endings, and the associated skin tissues.
What are the layers of the epidermis? - SELECTED ANSWER 👀 Corneum
Lucidum
Granulosum
Germivatum ( basale & spinosum)
Mnemonic: Candy Lions Growl Great.
What does the protein pigment melanin protect against? - SELECTED ANSWER
👀 Radiation from the Sun
What is the dermis composed of? - SELECTED ANSWER 👀 Fibrous connective
tissue with nerve endings, blood vessels, sensory nerve endings, hair follicles, and
glands.
What are the 2 types of sweat glands? - SELECTED ANSWER 👀 ecrine & apocrine
What do ecrine sweat glands produce? - SELECTED ANSWER 👀 Sweat. Regulate
body temperature.
What do apocrine sweat glands produce? - SELECTED ANSWER 👀 Secretions
contain bits of cytoplasm from cells, attracting bacteria that produces body odor.
What do sebaceous glands secrete? - SELECTED ANSWER 👀 They secrete sebum
through the hair follicles, which lubricates the skin and prevents drying.
What secretion produces oil? - SELECTED ANSWER 👀 Holocrine secretion.
What are sebaceous glands prone to during adolescence? - SELECTED ANSWER
👀 Becoming clogged and attracting bacteria.
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What protein composes the hair and skin? - SELECTED ANSWER 👀 Keratin
What makes the body's framework? - SELECTED ANSWER 👀 Bone, cartilage,
ligaments & joints.
What are the functions of the skeletal system? - SELECTED ANSWER 👀 Support,
movement, blood cell formation, protection of internal organs, detoxification,
muscle attachment, mineral storage. *A MIME BATHED SEALS SINGING "MY
PONY"*
How are bones classified? - SELECTED ANSWER 👀 By shape.
Long
Short
flat
irregular
sesamoid
*LEMURS SING SALSA FOR INDIANS*
What is the name for the cells that compose compact bone? - SELECTED ANSWER
👀 Osteoblasts
What occurs to osteoblasts when they become fixed in the dense bone matrix? -
SELECTED ANSWER 👀 They stop dividing but continue to maintain body tissues
as osteocytes.
How many bones make up the axial skeleton? - SELECTED ANSWER 👀 28 bones
of the skull. 14-facial, 14-cranium.
How many bones make the facial skeleton? - SELECTED ANSWER 👀 2 nasal
bones
2 maxillary bones
2 zygomatic bones
1 mandible
2 palatine bones
1 vomer
2 lacrimal bones
2 inferior nasal bones
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What are the bones of the cranium? - SELECTED ANSWER 👀 single occipital
frontal
ethmoid
sphenoid
paired parietal
temporal
ossicles
What bone structures are in the ossicles (ears) ? - SELECTED ANSWER 👀
malleus, incus, stapes
How many bones make the skeletal column? - SELECTED ANSWER 👀 33 bones
How many cervical vertebrae in the skeletal column? - SELECTED ANSWER 👀 7
How many thoracic vertebrae in the skeletal column? - SELECTED ANSWER 👀 12
How many lumbar vertebrae? - SELECTED ANSWER 👀 5
How many sacral vertebrae? - SELECTED ANSWER 👀 5
How many coccygeal vertebrae? - SELECTED ANSWER 👀 1-the tailbone
What makes up the final part of the axial skeleton? - SELECTED ANSWER 👀 the
thorax
the sternum
12 pairs of ribs.
What makes up the appendicular skeleton? - SELECTED ANSWER 👀 the bones of
the girdle and limbs
What bones make the upper appendicular skeleton? - SELECTED ANSWER 👀
pectoral & shoulder girdle
clavicle
scapula
HESI A2 ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS VERSION 1 &2 MOST TESTED QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED
ANSWERS GRADED A+ | INSTANT PDF DOWNLOAD
What is the function of epithelial cells? - SELECTED ANSWER 👀 Cover, line, and
protect the body and the internal organs.
What is the function of connective tissue? - SELECTED ANSWER 👀 Framework of
the body. Provides support and structure to organs.
What is neuroglia? - SELECTED ANSWER 👀 The neurons and connective tissue
cells that compose nerve tissue.
What ability does muscle tissue have? - SELECTED ANSWER 👀 Ability to contract
and shorten.
What is histology? - SELECTED ANSWER 👀 The study of tissues
What is a tissue? - SELECTED ANSWER 👀 A group of cells that act together to
perform a specific function.
What are the fundamental tissues? - SELECTED ANSWER 👀 Epithelial
Connective
Muscle
Nerve
(Elephants Can Make News)
What is muscle tissue classified as? - SELECTED ANSWER 👀 Voluntary(skeletal
muscles) and involuntary(smooth & cardiac)
What is meiosis? - SELECTED ANSWER 👀 The cell division that takes place in the
gonads, i.e. the ovaries and testes.
What two layers compose the skin? - SELECTED ANSWER 👀 Epidermis and
dermis.
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What is the epidermis? - SELECTED ANSWER 👀 The outermost protective layer
of dead keratinized epithelial cells.
What is the dermis? - SELECTED ANSWER 👀 The underlying layer of connective
tissue with blood vessels, nerve endings, and the associated skin tissues.
What are the layers of the epidermis? - SELECTED ANSWER 👀 Corneum
Lucidum
Granulosum
Germivatum ( basale & spinosum)
Mnemonic: Candy Lions Growl Great.
What does the protein pigment melanin protect against? - SELECTED ANSWER
👀 Radiation from the Sun
What is the dermis composed of? - SELECTED ANSWER 👀 Fibrous connective
tissue with nerve endings, blood vessels, sensory nerve endings, hair follicles, and
glands.
What are the 2 types of sweat glands? - SELECTED ANSWER 👀 ecrine & apocrine
What do ecrine sweat glands produce? - SELECTED ANSWER 👀 Sweat. Regulate
body temperature.
What do apocrine sweat glands produce? - SELECTED ANSWER 👀 Secretions
contain bits of cytoplasm from cells, attracting bacteria that produces body odor.
What do sebaceous glands secrete? - SELECTED ANSWER 👀 They secrete sebum
through the hair follicles, which lubricates the skin and prevents drying.
What secretion produces oil? - SELECTED ANSWER 👀 Holocrine secretion.
What are sebaceous glands prone to during adolescence? - SELECTED ANSWER
👀 Becoming clogged and attracting bacteria.
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What protein composes the hair and skin? - SELECTED ANSWER 👀 Keratin
What makes the body's framework? - SELECTED ANSWER 👀 Bone, cartilage,
ligaments & joints.
What are the functions of the skeletal system? - SELECTED ANSWER 👀 Support,
movement, blood cell formation, protection of internal organs, detoxification,
muscle attachment, mineral storage. *A MIME BATHED SEALS SINGING "MY
PONY"*
How are bones classified? - SELECTED ANSWER 👀 By shape.
Long
Short
flat
irregular
sesamoid
*LEMURS SING SALSA FOR INDIANS*
What is the name for the cells that compose compact bone? - SELECTED ANSWER
👀 Osteoblasts
What occurs to osteoblasts when they become fixed in the dense bone matrix? -
SELECTED ANSWER 👀 They stop dividing but continue to maintain body tissues
as osteocytes.
How many bones make up the axial skeleton? - SELECTED ANSWER 👀 28 bones
of the skull. 14-facial, 14-cranium.
How many bones make the facial skeleton? - SELECTED ANSWER 👀 2 nasal
bones
2 maxillary bones
2 zygomatic bones
1 mandible
2 palatine bones
1 vomer
2 lacrimal bones
2 inferior nasal bones
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What are the bones of the cranium? - SELECTED ANSWER 👀 single occipital
frontal
ethmoid
sphenoid
paired parietal
temporal
ossicles
What bone structures are in the ossicles (ears) ? - SELECTED ANSWER 👀
malleus, incus, stapes
How many bones make the skeletal column? - SELECTED ANSWER 👀 33 bones
How many cervical vertebrae in the skeletal column? - SELECTED ANSWER 👀 7
How many thoracic vertebrae in the skeletal column? - SELECTED ANSWER 👀 12
How many lumbar vertebrae? - SELECTED ANSWER 👀 5
How many sacral vertebrae? - SELECTED ANSWER 👀 5
How many coccygeal vertebrae? - SELECTED ANSWER 👀 1-the tailbone
What makes up the final part of the axial skeleton? - SELECTED ANSWER 👀 the
thorax
the sternum
12 pairs of ribs.
What makes up the appendicular skeleton? - SELECTED ANSWER 👀 the bones of
the girdle and limbs
What bones make the upper appendicular skeleton? - SELECTED ANSWER 👀
pectoral & shoulder girdle
clavicle
scapula
