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HESI A2 Anatomy and Physiology/200 Questions
And Answers
What is histology? - Correct Answer The study of tissues
What is a tissue? - Correct Answer A group of cells that act together to
perform a specific function.
What are the fundamental tissues? - Correct Answer Epithelial
Connective
Muscle
Nerve
(Elephants Can Make News)
What is the function of epithelial cells? - Correct Answer Cover, line, and
protect the body and the internal organs.
What is the function of connective tissue? - Correct Answer Framework of
the body. Provides support and structure to organs.
What is neuroglia? - Correct Answer The neurons and connective tissue cells
that compose nerve tissue.
What ability does muscle tissue have? - Correct Answer Ability to contract
and shorten.
What is muscle tissue classified as? - Correct Answer Voluntary(skeletal
muscles) and involuntary(smooth & cardiac)
What is meiosis? - Correct Answer The cell division that takes place in the
gonads, i.e. the ovaries and testes.
What two layers compose the skin? - Correct Answer Epidermis and dermis.
What is the epidermis? - Correct Answer The outermost protective layer of
dead keratinized epithelial cells.
,What is the dermis? - Correct Answer The underlying layer of connective
tissue with blood vessels, nerve endings, and the associated skin tissues.
What are the layers of the epidermis? - Correct Answer Corneum
Lucidum
Granulosum
Germivatum ( basale & spinosum)
Mnemonic: Candy Lions Growl Great.
What does the protein pigment melanin protect against? - Correct Answer
-Radiation from the Sun
What is the dermis composed of? - Correct Answer Fibrous connective tissue
with nerve endings, blood vessels, sensory nerve endings, hair follicles, and
glands.
What are the 2 types of sweat glands? - Correct Answer ecrine & apocrine
What do ecrine sweat glands produce? - Correct Answer Sweat. Regulate
body temperature.
What do apocrine sweat glands produce? - Correct Answer Secretions
contain bits of cytoplasm from cells, attracting bacteria that produces body
odor.
What do sebaceous glands secrete? - Correct Answer They secrete sebum
through the hair follicles, which lubricates the skin and prevents drying.
What secretion produces oil? - Correct Answer Holocrine secretion.
What are sebaceous glands prone to during adolescence? - Correct Answer
-Becoming clogged and attracting bacteria.
What protein composes the hair and skin? - Correct Answer Keratin
What makes the body's framework? - Correct Answer Bone, cartilage,
ligaments & joints.
What are the functions of the skeletal system? - Correct Answer Support,
movement, blood cell formation, protection of internal organs, detoxification,
muscle attachment, mineral storage. *A MIME BATHED SEALS SINGING "MY
PONY"*
How are bones classified? - Correct Answer By shape.
Long
Short
flat
irregular
sesamoid
*LEMURS SING SALSA FOR INDIANS*
, What is the name for the cells that compose compact bone? - Correct Answer
-Osteoblasts
What occurs to osteoblasts when they become fixed in the dense bone
matrix? - Correct Answer They stop dividing but continue to maintain body
tissues as osteocytes.
How many bones make up the axial skeleton? - Correct Answer 28 bones of
the skull. 14-facial, 14-cranium.
How many bones make the facial skeleton? - Correct Answer 2 nasal bones
2 maxillary bones
2 zygomatic bones
1 mandible
2 palatine bones
1 vomer
2 lacrimal bones
2 inferior nasal bones
What are the bones of the cranium? - Correct Answer single occipital
frontal
ethmoid
sphenoid
paired parietal
temporal
ossicles
What bone structures are in the ossicles (ears) ? - Correct Answer malleus,
incus, stapes
How many bones make the skeletal column? - Correct Answer 33 bones
How many cervical vertebrae in the skeletal column? - Correct Answer 7
How many thoracic vertebrae in the skeletal column? - Correct Answer 12
How many lumbar vertebrae? - Correct Answer 5
How many sacral vertebrae? - Correct Answer 5
How many coccygeal vertebrae? - Correct Answer 1-the tailbone
What makes up the final part of the axial skeleton? - Correct Answer the
thorax
the sternum
12 pairs of ribs.
What makes up the appendicular skeleton? - Correct Answer the bones of
the girdle and limbs
Math, Reading, Grammar, Biology, Chemistry | Questions &
Answers | Nursing Entrance
Exam Prep PDF (A+)
HESI A2 Anatomy and Physiology/200 Questions
And Answers
What is histology? - Correct Answer The study of tissues
What is a tissue? - Correct Answer A group of cells that act together to
perform a specific function.
What are the fundamental tissues? - Correct Answer Epithelial
Connective
Muscle
Nerve
(Elephants Can Make News)
What is the function of epithelial cells? - Correct Answer Cover, line, and
protect the body and the internal organs.
What is the function of connective tissue? - Correct Answer Framework of
the body. Provides support and structure to organs.
What is neuroglia? - Correct Answer The neurons and connective tissue cells
that compose nerve tissue.
What ability does muscle tissue have? - Correct Answer Ability to contract
and shorten.
What is muscle tissue classified as? - Correct Answer Voluntary(skeletal
muscles) and involuntary(smooth & cardiac)
What is meiosis? - Correct Answer The cell division that takes place in the
gonads, i.e. the ovaries and testes.
What two layers compose the skin? - Correct Answer Epidermis and dermis.
What is the epidermis? - Correct Answer The outermost protective layer of
dead keratinized epithelial cells.
,What is the dermis? - Correct Answer The underlying layer of connective
tissue with blood vessels, nerve endings, and the associated skin tissues.
What are the layers of the epidermis? - Correct Answer Corneum
Lucidum
Granulosum
Germivatum ( basale & spinosum)
Mnemonic: Candy Lions Growl Great.
What does the protein pigment melanin protect against? - Correct Answer
-Radiation from the Sun
What is the dermis composed of? - Correct Answer Fibrous connective tissue
with nerve endings, blood vessels, sensory nerve endings, hair follicles, and
glands.
What are the 2 types of sweat glands? - Correct Answer ecrine & apocrine
What do ecrine sweat glands produce? - Correct Answer Sweat. Regulate
body temperature.
What do apocrine sweat glands produce? - Correct Answer Secretions
contain bits of cytoplasm from cells, attracting bacteria that produces body
odor.
What do sebaceous glands secrete? - Correct Answer They secrete sebum
through the hair follicles, which lubricates the skin and prevents drying.
What secretion produces oil? - Correct Answer Holocrine secretion.
What are sebaceous glands prone to during adolescence? - Correct Answer
-Becoming clogged and attracting bacteria.
What protein composes the hair and skin? - Correct Answer Keratin
What makes the body's framework? - Correct Answer Bone, cartilage,
ligaments & joints.
What are the functions of the skeletal system? - Correct Answer Support,
movement, blood cell formation, protection of internal organs, detoxification,
muscle attachment, mineral storage. *A MIME BATHED SEALS SINGING "MY
PONY"*
How are bones classified? - Correct Answer By shape.
Long
Short
flat
irregular
sesamoid
*LEMURS SING SALSA FOR INDIANS*
, What is the name for the cells that compose compact bone? - Correct Answer
-Osteoblasts
What occurs to osteoblasts when they become fixed in the dense bone
matrix? - Correct Answer They stop dividing but continue to maintain body
tissues as osteocytes.
How many bones make up the axial skeleton? - Correct Answer 28 bones of
the skull. 14-facial, 14-cranium.
How many bones make the facial skeleton? - Correct Answer 2 nasal bones
2 maxillary bones
2 zygomatic bones
1 mandible
2 palatine bones
1 vomer
2 lacrimal bones
2 inferior nasal bones
What are the bones of the cranium? - Correct Answer single occipital
frontal
ethmoid
sphenoid
paired parietal
temporal
ossicles
What bone structures are in the ossicles (ears) ? - Correct Answer malleus,
incus, stapes
How many bones make the skeletal column? - Correct Answer 33 bones
How many cervical vertebrae in the skeletal column? - Correct Answer 7
How many thoracic vertebrae in the skeletal column? - Correct Answer 12
How many lumbar vertebrae? - Correct Answer 5
How many sacral vertebrae? - Correct Answer 5
How many coccygeal vertebrae? - Correct Answer 1-the tailbone
What makes up the final part of the axial skeleton? - Correct Answer the
thorax
the sternum
12 pairs of ribs.
What makes up the appendicular skeleton? - Correct Answer the bones of
the girdle and limbs
