HESI A2 Anatomy and Physiology Exam with accurate ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
detailed solutions ||\\//||
What is histology? - correct answer✔✔The study of tissues
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What is a tissue? - correct answer✔✔A group of cells that act together to perform a specific
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function.
What are the fundamental tissues? - correct answer✔✔Epithelial
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Connective
Muscle
Nerve
(Elephants Can Make News) ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
What is the function of epithelial cells? - correct answer✔✔Cover, line, and protect the
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body and the internal organs.
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What is the function of connective tissue? - correct answer✔✔Framework of the body.
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Provides support and structure to organs.
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What is neuroglia? - correct answer✔✔The neurons and connective tissue cells that
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compose nerve tissue. ||\\//|| ||\\//||
What ability does muscle tissue have? - correct answer✔✔Ability to contract and shorten.
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,What is muscle tissue classified as? - correct answer✔✔Voluntary(skeletal muscles) and
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involuntary(smooth & cardiac) ||\\//|| ||\\//||
What is meiosis? - correct answer✔✔The cell division that takes place in the gonads, i.e. the
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ovaries and testes.
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What two layers compose the skin? - correct answer✔✔Epidermis and dermis.
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What is the epidermis? - correct answer✔✔The outermost protective layer of dead
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keratinized epithelial cells. ||\\//|| ||\\//||
What is the dermis? - correct answer✔✔The underlying layer of connective tissue with
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blood vessels, nerve endings, and the associated skin tissues.
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What are the layers of the epidermis? - correct answer✔✔Corneum
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Lucidum
Granulosum
Germivatum ( basale & spinosum) ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
Mnemonic: Candy Lions Growl Great. ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
What does the protein pigment melanin protect against? - correct answer✔✔Radiation from
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the Sun
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What is the dermis composed of? - correct answer✔✔Fibrous connective tissue with nerve
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endings, blood vessels, sensory nerve endings, hair follicles, and glands.
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What are the 2 types of sweat glands? - correct answer✔✔ecrine & apocrine
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, What do ecrine sweat glands produce? - correct answer✔✔Sweat. Regulate body
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temperature.
What do apocrine sweat glands produce? - correct answer✔✔Secretions contain bits of
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cytoplasm from cells, attracting bacteria that produces body odor. ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
What do sebaceous glands secrete? - correct answer✔✔They secrete sebum through the
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hair follicles, which lubricates the skin and prevents drying.
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What secretion produces oil? - correct answer✔✔Holocrine secretion.
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What are sebaceous glands prone to during adolescence? - correct answer✔✔Becoming
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clogged and attracting bacteria. ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
What protein composes the hair and skin? - correct answer✔✔Keratin
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What makes the body's framework? - correct answer✔✔Bone, cartilage, ligaments & joints.
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What are the functions of the skeletal system? - correct answer✔✔Support, movement,
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blood cell formation, protection of internal organs, detoxification, muscle attachment,
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mineral storage. *A MIME BATHED SEALS SINGING "MY PONY"*
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How are bones classified? - correct answer✔✔By shape.
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Long
Short
flat
detailed solutions ||\\//||
What is histology? - correct answer✔✔The study of tissues
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What is a tissue? - correct answer✔✔A group of cells that act together to perform a specific
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function.
What are the fundamental tissues? - correct answer✔✔Epithelial
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Connective
Muscle
Nerve
(Elephants Can Make News) ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
What is the function of epithelial cells? - correct answer✔✔Cover, line, and protect the
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body and the internal organs.
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What is the function of connective tissue? - correct answer✔✔Framework of the body.
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Provides support and structure to organs.
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What is neuroglia? - correct answer✔✔The neurons and connective tissue cells that
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compose nerve tissue. ||\\//|| ||\\//||
What ability does muscle tissue have? - correct answer✔✔Ability to contract and shorten.
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,What is muscle tissue classified as? - correct answer✔✔Voluntary(skeletal muscles) and
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involuntary(smooth & cardiac) ||\\//|| ||\\//||
What is meiosis? - correct answer✔✔The cell division that takes place in the gonads, i.e. the
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ovaries and testes.
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What two layers compose the skin? - correct answer✔✔Epidermis and dermis.
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What is the epidermis? - correct answer✔✔The outermost protective layer of dead
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keratinized epithelial cells. ||\\//|| ||\\//||
What is the dermis? - correct answer✔✔The underlying layer of connective tissue with
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blood vessels, nerve endings, and the associated skin tissues.
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What are the layers of the epidermis? - correct answer✔✔Corneum
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Lucidum
Granulosum
Germivatum ( basale & spinosum) ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
Mnemonic: Candy Lions Growl Great. ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
What does the protein pigment melanin protect against? - correct answer✔✔Radiation from
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the Sun
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What is the dermis composed of? - correct answer✔✔Fibrous connective tissue with nerve
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endings, blood vessels, sensory nerve endings, hair follicles, and glands.
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What are the 2 types of sweat glands? - correct answer✔✔ecrine & apocrine
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, What do ecrine sweat glands produce? - correct answer✔✔Sweat. Regulate body
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temperature.
What do apocrine sweat glands produce? - correct answer✔✔Secretions contain bits of
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cytoplasm from cells, attracting bacteria that produces body odor. ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
What do sebaceous glands secrete? - correct answer✔✔They secrete sebum through the
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hair follicles, which lubricates the skin and prevents drying.
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What secretion produces oil? - correct answer✔✔Holocrine secretion.
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What are sebaceous glands prone to during adolescence? - correct answer✔✔Becoming
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clogged and attracting bacteria. ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
What protein composes the hair and skin? - correct answer✔✔Keratin
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What makes the body's framework? - correct answer✔✔Bone, cartilage, ligaments & joints.
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What are the functions of the skeletal system? - correct answer✔✔Support, movement,
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blood cell formation, protection of internal organs, detoxification, muscle attachment,
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mineral storage. *A MIME BATHED SEALS SINGING "MY PONY"*
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How are bones classified? - correct answer✔✔By shape.
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Long
Short
flat
