HESI A2 ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY EXAM(V1,V2,V3 ) 2024-2025
|ACTUAL COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
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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, attracting 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 attracting bacteria.
What protein composes the hair and skin? - ANSWER-Keratin
What makes the body's framework? - ANSWER-Bone, cartilage,
ligaments & joints.
, What are the functions of the skeletal system? - 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? - ANSWER-By shape.
Long Short
flat irregular
sesamoid
*LEMURS SING SALSA FOR INDIANS*
What is the name for the cells that compose compact bone? -
ANSWER-Osteoblasts
What occurs to osteoblasts when they become fixed in the dense
bone matrix? - ANSWER-They stop dividing but continue to maintain
body tissues as osteocytes.
How many bones make up the axial skeleton? - ANSWER-28 bones of
the skull. 14-facial, 14-cranium.
How many bones make the facial skeleton? - ANSWER-2 nasal bones
2 maxillary bones
2 zygomatic bones
1 mandible
2 palatine bones
1 vomer
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