LPN ENTRANCE EXAM PRACTICE PAPER 2026
COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
◉ Anatomical position - medial. Answer: Toward the middle of the
body/structure
◉ Anatomical position - lateral. Answer: Toward the outer sides of
the body/structure
◉ Anatomical position - Intermediate. Answer: Between medial and
lateral
◉ Proximal. Answer: Close to the origin of the body part/point of
attachment
◉ distal. Answer: Away from the origin or point of attachment
◉ Sagittal section. Answer: a longitudinal cut (up and down)
◉ Transverse section. Answer: Cross-section (side to side)
,◉ Frontal section. Answer: Divides body into front and back regions.
Also called a coronal section
◉ Dorsal body cavity. Answer: Cranial cavity and spinal column
◉ As a function of the human body, what is regulation?. Answer:
Hormonal control of body functions via the endocrine system
◉ As a function of the human body, what is oxygenation?. Answer:
Taking in oxygen and expelling CO2 via the respiratory system
◉ How do arteries, veins, and capillaries function together in the
circulatory system?. Answer: Arteries transport blood away from the
heart and to the capillaries, and the capillaries transport that blood
to the veins, which takes the blood back to the heart.
◉ capillaries. Answer: Connects arteries to veins. The capillaries is
the location for the exchange of oxygen and CO2.
◉ What are the four chambers of the heart?. Answer: The four
chambers are the right and left ATRIUMS, and the right and left
VENTRICLES
,◉ What are the four valves in the heart?. Answer: The tricuspid and
pulmonary valves on the right side, and the mitral and aortic valves
on the left side.
◉ Pathway of blood through the heart. Answer: First, deoxygenated
blood enters the heart through the superior and inferior vena cava.
It enters the RIGHT ATRIUM, through the tricuspid valve, into the
right ventricle, through the pulmonary valve, into the pulmonary
artery, after which it goes to the lungs. After the blood picks up
oxygen from the lungs, the blood goes through the pulmonary veins
into the left atrium, then through the mitral valve, into the left
ventricle, through the aortic valve, into the aorta, then out to the
entire body.
◉ The pathway of air in the respiratory system. Answer: The air
enters the nose, goes into the trachea, then into the right and left
bronchial tubes (which are lined with cilia), into the alveoli, where it
picks up oxygen
◉ What are the two systems the nervous system is made up of?.
Answer: 1. CNS = Brain and spinal cord
2. PNS = nerves that extend from the spine
◉ The PNS is further made up of what two nervous systems?.
Answer: 1. the autonomic nervous system
2. The sensory-somatic nervous system
, ◉ PNS - the autonomic nervous system. Answer: An INVOLUNTARY
system. Controls automatic body functions, like heartbeat and
digestion. Includes the SYMPATHETIC nerves, and the
PARASYMPATHETIC nerves.
◉ Autonomic nervous system- Sympathetic nerves. Answer: Active
when a person is excited or scared
◉ Autonomic nervous system- Parasympathetic nerves. Answer:
Active when a person is eating or at rest
◉ PNS - the sensory-somatic nervous system. Answer: A
VOLUNTARY system. Consists of 12 pairs of cranial nerves and 31
pairs of spinal nerves and associated ganglia. Controls VOLUNTARY
actions like talking and walking.
◉ What are the three main functions of the nervous system?.
Answer: 1. Sensory functions
2. Motor function
3. Integrative function
◉ What does the sensory function of the nervous system do?.
Answer: stimuli that can be felt physically such as pain in heat
COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
◉ Anatomical position - medial. Answer: Toward the middle of the
body/structure
◉ Anatomical position - lateral. Answer: Toward the outer sides of
the body/structure
◉ Anatomical position - Intermediate. Answer: Between medial and
lateral
◉ Proximal. Answer: Close to the origin of the body part/point of
attachment
◉ distal. Answer: Away from the origin or point of attachment
◉ Sagittal section. Answer: a longitudinal cut (up and down)
◉ Transverse section. Answer: Cross-section (side to side)
,◉ Frontal section. Answer: Divides body into front and back regions.
Also called a coronal section
◉ Dorsal body cavity. Answer: Cranial cavity and spinal column
◉ As a function of the human body, what is regulation?. Answer:
Hormonal control of body functions via the endocrine system
◉ As a function of the human body, what is oxygenation?. Answer:
Taking in oxygen and expelling CO2 via the respiratory system
◉ How do arteries, veins, and capillaries function together in the
circulatory system?. Answer: Arteries transport blood away from the
heart and to the capillaries, and the capillaries transport that blood
to the veins, which takes the blood back to the heart.
◉ capillaries. Answer: Connects arteries to veins. The capillaries is
the location for the exchange of oxygen and CO2.
◉ What are the four chambers of the heart?. Answer: The four
chambers are the right and left ATRIUMS, and the right and left
VENTRICLES
,◉ What are the four valves in the heart?. Answer: The tricuspid and
pulmonary valves on the right side, and the mitral and aortic valves
on the left side.
◉ Pathway of blood through the heart. Answer: First, deoxygenated
blood enters the heart through the superior and inferior vena cava.
It enters the RIGHT ATRIUM, through the tricuspid valve, into the
right ventricle, through the pulmonary valve, into the pulmonary
artery, after which it goes to the lungs. After the blood picks up
oxygen from the lungs, the blood goes through the pulmonary veins
into the left atrium, then through the mitral valve, into the left
ventricle, through the aortic valve, into the aorta, then out to the
entire body.
◉ The pathway of air in the respiratory system. Answer: The air
enters the nose, goes into the trachea, then into the right and left
bronchial tubes (which are lined with cilia), into the alveoli, where it
picks up oxygen
◉ What are the two systems the nervous system is made up of?.
Answer: 1. CNS = Brain and spinal cord
2. PNS = nerves that extend from the spine
◉ The PNS is further made up of what two nervous systems?.
Answer: 1. the autonomic nervous system
2. The sensory-somatic nervous system
, ◉ PNS - the autonomic nervous system. Answer: An INVOLUNTARY
system. Controls automatic body functions, like heartbeat and
digestion. Includes the SYMPATHETIC nerves, and the
PARASYMPATHETIC nerves.
◉ Autonomic nervous system- Sympathetic nerves. Answer: Active
when a person is excited or scared
◉ Autonomic nervous system- Parasympathetic nerves. Answer:
Active when a person is eating or at rest
◉ PNS - the sensory-somatic nervous system. Answer: A
VOLUNTARY system. Consists of 12 pairs of cranial nerves and 31
pairs of spinal nerves and associated ganglia. Controls VOLUNTARY
actions like talking and walking.
◉ What are the three main functions of the nervous system?.
Answer: 1. Sensory functions
2. Motor function
3. Integrative function
◉ What does the sensory function of the nervous system do?.
Answer: stimuli that can be felt physically such as pain in heat
