HESI A2 Practice Test question and answer 2023
A person with AB- blood can NOT receive blood from whom? - answerAB+
Which blood group is considered the universal donor? - answerO-
What is the only artery in the body to carry oxygen poor blood? - answerPulmonic artery
Chocolate cysts of the ovaries are attributed to which of the following? - answerEndometriosis
Which of the following is NOT true of synovial joints? - answerThey are found in the intervertebral discs
of the spinal column
Ligaments connect which of the following? - answerBone to bone
What is the longest muscle in the human body? - answerSartorius
Where is the hyoid bone located? - answerNeck
Which of the following is NOT true of epithelial tissue? - answerIt is vascular
Which of the following is not produced by an exocrine gland? - answerAdrenaline
Where is the pyloric sphincter located? - answerBetween the stomach and small intestine
Blood vessels enter and exit bones through which structure? - answerForamina
Which cells are responsible for bone formation? - answerOsteoblasts
,Why are bones considered to be organs? - answerThey contain nervous and connective tissue
Which of the following shows the correct order of the flow of waste through the large intestine? -
answerCecum, ascending colon, transverse colon, descending colon, sigmoid colon
Which of the following is considered the primary pacemaker of the heart? - answerSA node
In which location does a sperm cell first fertilize an egg? - answerFallopian tube
Where is interstitial fluid found in the body? - answerIn the tissues around cells
What is the normal pH in the body? - answer7.35-7.45
What is the bladder capacity of the average adult? - answer500 ml
Which lobe of the brain is associated with organizing sensory information, language, speech production,
and memory formation? - answerTemporal
What does lipase do? - answerIt breaks down fats into fatty acids and glycerol
Which is not a function of the the liver? - answerFiltering damaged red blood cells
Which salivary gland produces mucin? - answerSublingual
Which substance in the teeth continues to form throughout life and supports the enamel? -
answerDentin
What is the name the layer of the heart used for contraction that has striated muscle fibers? -
answerMyocardium
, Bile is produced by what structure? - answerLiver
Which is not a part of of the electrical conduction system of the heart? - answerChordae Tendineae
Which chamber of the heart receives blood from the superior and inferior vena cava? - answerRight
atrium
What is the name of the heart valve between the left atrium and left ventricle? - answerMitral valve
Where are neurotransmitters released? - answerAxon terminal
The structures that moves nerve impulses away from the cell body are called what? - answerAxons
Where does sperm maturation occur? - answerEpididymis
What is the hormone that stimulates uterine contractions? - answerOxytocin
The exchange of gases in the lungs occurs where? - answerAlveoli
The volume of air in a normal breath is called what? - answerTidal volume
What is the primary stimulus for breathing? - answerCarbon dioxide in the blood
What is the name of the tube connecting the bladder to the kidney? - answerUreter
What is the functional unit of the kidney called? - answerNephron
What is not a function of the kidney? - answerRegulate CO2 levels in the blood
A person with AB- blood can NOT receive blood from whom? - answerAB+
Which blood group is considered the universal donor? - answerO-
What is the only artery in the body to carry oxygen poor blood? - answerPulmonic artery
Chocolate cysts of the ovaries are attributed to which of the following? - answerEndometriosis
Which of the following is NOT true of synovial joints? - answerThey are found in the intervertebral discs
of the spinal column
Ligaments connect which of the following? - answerBone to bone
What is the longest muscle in the human body? - answerSartorius
Where is the hyoid bone located? - answerNeck
Which of the following is NOT true of epithelial tissue? - answerIt is vascular
Which of the following is not produced by an exocrine gland? - answerAdrenaline
Where is the pyloric sphincter located? - answerBetween the stomach and small intestine
Blood vessels enter and exit bones through which structure? - answerForamina
Which cells are responsible for bone formation? - answerOsteoblasts
,Why are bones considered to be organs? - answerThey contain nervous and connective tissue
Which of the following shows the correct order of the flow of waste through the large intestine? -
answerCecum, ascending colon, transverse colon, descending colon, sigmoid colon
Which of the following is considered the primary pacemaker of the heart? - answerSA node
In which location does a sperm cell first fertilize an egg? - answerFallopian tube
Where is interstitial fluid found in the body? - answerIn the tissues around cells
What is the normal pH in the body? - answer7.35-7.45
What is the bladder capacity of the average adult? - answer500 ml
Which lobe of the brain is associated with organizing sensory information, language, speech production,
and memory formation? - answerTemporal
What does lipase do? - answerIt breaks down fats into fatty acids and glycerol
Which is not a function of the the liver? - answerFiltering damaged red blood cells
Which salivary gland produces mucin? - answerSublingual
Which substance in the teeth continues to form throughout life and supports the enamel? -
answerDentin
What is the name the layer of the heart used for contraction that has striated muscle fibers? -
answerMyocardium
, Bile is produced by what structure? - answerLiver
Which is not a part of of the electrical conduction system of the heart? - answerChordae Tendineae
Which chamber of the heart receives blood from the superior and inferior vena cava? - answerRight
atrium
What is the name of the heart valve between the left atrium and left ventricle? - answerMitral valve
Where are neurotransmitters released? - answerAxon terminal
The structures that moves nerve impulses away from the cell body are called what? - answerAxons
Where does sperm maturation occur? - answerEpididymis
What is the hormone that stimulates uterine contractions? - answerOxytocin
The exchange of gases in the lungs occurs where? - answerAlveoli
The volume of air in a normal breath is called what? - answerTidal volume
What is the primary stimulus for breathing? - answerCarbon dioxide in the blood
What is the name of the tube connecting the bladder to the kidney? - answerUreter
What is the functional unit of the kidney called? - answerNephron
What is not a function of the kidney? - answerRegulate CO2 levels in the blood
