HESI A2 NURSING EXAM | Questions AND 100%
CORRECT ANSWERS 2024-2025
What are the two groups muscle tissue is classified as? - ✔✔voluntary and involuntary
What type of muscle is voluntary? - ✔✔Skeletal muscle
What type of muscle is involuntary? - ✔✔smooth and cardiac muscle
The _________ is the basic unit of life and the building block of tissues and organs. - ✔✔cell
Within the cell there are ________ and each has a specific function. - ✔✔organelles
The _____ contains DNA and ribosomes. - ✔✔nucleus
_______ include the enzymes that regulate all chemical reactions within the body. -
✔✔Proteins
________ is necessary for growth and repair. - ✔✔Mitosis
During ______ the DNA is duplicated and distributed evenly to 2 daughter cells. - ✔✔Mitosis
Meiosis - ✔✔_______ is the special cell division that takes place in the gonads, the ovaries
and testes.
Meiosis - ✔✔In the process of ______, the chromosomes number is reduces from 46 to 23.
,So when the egg and sperm unite in fertilization, the zygote will have the correct number of
chromosomes. - ✔✔Why do the chromosomes reduce from 46 to 23 during meiosis?
Mucous, cutaneous, serous and synovial (MCSS) - ✔✔What are the 4 principal kinds of
membranes and are composed mainly of epithelial tissue?
epithelial - ✔✔Mucous, cutaneous, serous and synovial (MCSS) are composed mainly of
what type of tissue?
sudoriferous, ceruminous, sebaceous (SCS) - ✔✔Name the 3 types of glands
Cartilage - ✔✔_________ is replaced by bone during embryonic development.
Cartilage - ✔✔What is found mainly in the joints, the thorax, and various rigid tubes?
Skin - ✔✔What is the largest organ of the body?
epidermis and dermis - ✔✔The skin consists of 2 layers, name them.
epidermis - ✔✔The outer most protective skin layer consisting of dead keratinized epithelial
cells.
dermis - ✔✔the underlying skin layer of connective tissue with blood vessels, nerve endings,
and the associated skin structures.
dermis - ✔✔The ______ rests on the subcutaneous tissue that connects the skin to the
superficial miscles.
, stratum corneum, stratum lucidum, stratum granulosum and inner-most stratum germinativum
- ✔✔name the layers of the epidermis from outer to inner
melanin - ✔✔Epidermal cells contain protein pigments called______.
melanin - ✔✔What protects the skin from radiation from the sun
dermis - ✔✔the inner layer of the skin is the ____.
fibrous connective tissue with blood vessels, sensory nerve endings, hair follicles, and glands -
✔✔The dermis is composed of
2 - ✔✔How many types of sweat glands are there?
eccrine - ✔✔the most widely distributed sweat gland is called the
eccrine - ✔✔this type of sweat gland regulates body temp by releasing a water secretion
that evaporates.
apocrine - ✔✔This type of sweat gland is found mainly in the arm pits and groin area, display
what type of secretion
apocrine - ✔✔This type of secretion contains bits of cytoplasm from the secreting cell. This
type of cell debris attracts bacteria.
body odor - ✔✔cell debris from apocrine secretion attracts bacteria and results in
CORRECT ANSWERS 2024-2025
What are the two groups muscle tissue is classified as? - ✔✔voluntary and involuntary
What type of muscle is voluntary? - ✔✔Skeletal muscle
What type of muscle is involuntary? - ✔✔smooth and cardiac muscle
The _________ is the basic unit of life and the building block of tissues and organs. - ✔✔cell
Within the cell there are ________ and each has a specific function. - ✔✔organelles
The _____ contains DNA and ribosomes. - ✔✔nucleus
_______ include the enzymes that regulate all chemical reactions within the body. -
✔✔Proteins
________ is necessary for growth and repair. - ✔✔Mitosis
During ______ the DNA is duplicated and distributed evenly to 2 daughter cells. - ✔✔Mitosis
Meiosis - ✔✔_______ is the special cell division that takes place in the gonads, the ovaries
and testes.
Meiosis - ✔✔In the process of ______, the chromosomes number is reduces from 46 to 23.
,So when the egg and sperm unite in fertilization, the zygote will have the correct number of
chromosomes. - ✔✔Why do the chromosomes reduce from 46 to 23 during meiosis?
Mucous, cutaneous, serous and synovial (MCSS) - ✔✔What are the 4 principal kinds of
membranes and are composed mainly of epithelial tissue?
epithelial - ✔✔Mucous, cutaneous, serous and synovial (MCSS) are composed mainly of
what type of tissue?
sudoriferous, ceruminous, sebaceous (SCS) - ✔✔Name the 3 types of glands
Cartilage - ✔✔_________ is replaced by bone during embryonic development.
Cartilage - ✔✔What is found mainly in the joints, the thorax, and various rigid tubes?
Skin - ✔✔What is the largest organ of the body?
epidermis and dermis - ✔✔The skin consists of 2 layers, name them.
epidermis - ✔✔The outer most protective skin layer consisting of dead keratinized epithelial
cells.
dermis - ✔✔the underlying skin layer of connective tissue with blood vessels, nerve endings,
and the associated skin structures.
dermis - ✔✔The ______ rests on the subcutaneous tissue that connects the skin to the
superficial miscles.
, stratum corneum, stratum lucidum, stratum granulosum and inner-most stratum germinativum
- ✔✔name the layers of the epidermis from outer to inner
melanin - ✔✔Epidermal cells contain protein pigments called______.
melanin - ✔✔What protects the skin from radiation from the sun
dermis - ✔✔the inner layer of the skin is the ____.
fibrous connective tissue with blood vessels, sensory nerve endings, hair follicles, and glands -
✔✔The dermis is composed of
2 - ✔✔How many types of sweat glands are there?
eccrine - ✔✔the most widely distributed sweat gland is called the
eccrine - ✔✔this type of sweat gland regulates body temp by releasing a water secretion
that evaporates.
apocrine - ✔✔This type of sweat gland is found mainly in the arm pits and groin area, display
what type of secretion
apocrine - ✔✔This type of secretion contains bits of cytoplasm from the secreting cell. This
type of cell debris attracts bacteria.
body odor - ✔✔cell debris from apocrine secretion attracts bacteria and results in
