HESI A2 ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY
PRACTICE PRACTICE EXAMINATION 2026
QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS GRADED A+
◍ You have been given a sample of tissue that has open spaces partially filled
by an assemblage of needlelike structures. What is the tissue?.
Answer: Spongy bone
◍ What is an example of a saddle joint?.
Answer: The thumb joint.
◍ Vasodilation and vasoconstriction result from which of the following?.
Answer: Relaxation and contraction of smooth muscle in the arterial wall
◍ Why should diets have proper amounts of calcium and phosphorus?.
Answer: To build and maintain healthy bones.
◍ Which hormone initiates the preparation of the endometrium of the uterus
for pregnancy?.
Answer: Estrogen
◍ What do adductor muscles do?.
Answer: They return a limb back toward the midline of the body.
◍ What is the function of the mitral valve?.
Answer: It lets blood flow from the left atrium to the left ventricle.
◍ Which of the following are tropic hormones? (Select all that apply).
Answer: SomatotropinFollicle-stimulating hormoneThyroid-stimulating
hormone
◍ What do extensor muscles do?.
Answer: They increase the angle at the joint.
, ◍ Most of the carbon dioxide in the blood does which of the following?.
Answer: It is converted to bicarbonate ions by carbonic anhydrase within red
blood cells
◍ What does antidiuretic hormone regulate?.
Answer: Urine output and osmolarity.
◍ What hormones are stored in the posterior pituitary gland?.
Answer: Oxytocin and antidiuretic hormone.
◍ Which tissue serves as the framework of the body by providing support and
structure for the organs?.
Answer: Connective
◍ What is the xiphoid process?.
Answer: The most inferior part of the sternum.
◍ You have been given a sample of tissue that has pillar-shaped cells arranged
tightly together. The tissue you have is:.
Answer: columnar epithelium
◍ Which of the following statements is anatomically correct?.
Answer: The hip is proximal to the knee
◍ What is the role of oxytocin?.
Answer: Stimulates uterine contractions during childbirth and promotes
lactation.
◍ How does the trachea remain open like a hollow tube?.
Answer: Supporting cartilaginous rings keep it open
◍ The epidermis is classified as a(n):.
Answer: organ
◍ What does the parathyroid hormone regulate?.
Answer: Calcium
◍ If you wanted to separate the abdominal cavity from the thoracic cavity,
which plan would you use?.
PRACTICE PRACTICE EXAMINATION 2026
QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS GRADED A+
◍ You have been given a sample of tissue that has open spaces partially filled
by an assemblage of needlelike structures. What is the tissue?.
Answer: Spongy bone
◍ What is an example of a saddle joint?.
Answer: The thumb joint.
◍ Vasodilation and vasoconstriction result from which of the following?.
Answer: Relaxation and contraction of smooth muscle in the arterial wall
◍ Why should diets have proper amounts of calcium and phosphorus?.
Answer: To build and maintain healthy bones.
◍ Which hormone initiates the preparation of the endometrium of the uterus
for pregnancy?.
Answer: Estrogen
◍ What do adductor muscles do?.
Answer: They return a limb back toward the midline of the body.
◍ What is the function of the mitral valve?.
Answer: It lets blood flow from the left atrium to the left ventricle.
◍ Which of the following are tropic hormones? (Select all that apply).
Answer: SomatotropinFollicle-stimulating hormoneThyroid-stimulating
hormone
◍ What do extensor muscles do?.
Answer: They increase the angle at the joint.
, ◍ Most of the carbon dioxide in the blood does which of the following?.
Answer: It is converted to bicarbonate ions by carbonic anhydrase within red
blood cells
◍ What does antidiuretic hormone regulate?.
Answer: Urine output and osmolarity.
◍ What hormones are stored in the posterior pituitary gland?.
Answer: Oxytocin and antidiuretic hormone.
◍ Which tissue serves as the framework of the body by providing support and
structure for the organs?.
Answer: Connective
◍ What is the xiphoid process?.
Answer: The most inferior part of the sternum.
◍ You have been given a sample of tissue that has pillar-shaped cells arranged
tightly together. The tissue you have is:.
Answer: columnar epithelium
◍ Which of the following statements is anatomically correct?.
Answer: The hip is proximal to the knee
◍ What is the role of oxytocin?.
Answer: Stimulates uterine contractions during childbirth and promotes
lactation.
◍ How does the trachea remain open like a hollow tube?.
Answer: Supporting cartilaginous rings keep it open
◍ The epidermis is classified as a(n):.
Answer: organ
◍ What does the parathyroid hormone regulate?.
Answer: Calcium
◍ If you wanted to separate the abdominal cavity from the thoracic cavity,
which plan would you use?.
