HESI A1 EXAM QUESTIONS

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HESI A1 EXAM QUESTIONS

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Question 1: What is the pulse point of the neck?

Answer:

carotid artery Question 2: Eccrine glands secrete a watery substance onto the surface of the skin to maintain temperature homeostasis through which process?

Answer:

Evaporation

Question 3: The occipital region is located?

Answer:

back of the head/skull

Question 4: what is the most visible part of the ear?

Answer:

pinna

Question 5: ATP facts

Answer:

Active transport requires energy for the movement of molecules whereas passive transport does not require energy for movement of molecules.

Question 6: Which of the following describes cellular respiration?

Answer:

It is an oxidative catabolic activity

Question 7: What is the pulse point of the wrist?

Answer:

radial artery Question 8: Cerumen is secreted by apocrine glands located in which of the following structures?

Answer:

The external auditory canal

Question 9: What is meiosis?

Answer:

The purpose of meiosis is to produce gametes, or sex cells . During meiosis, four daughter cells are produced, each of which are haploid (containing half as many chromosomes as the parent cell).A type of cell division in sexually reproducing organisms that reduces the number of chromosomes in gametes (the sex cells, or egg and sperm). In humans, body (or somatic) cells are diploid, containing two sets of chromosomes (one from each parent).

Question 10: Where is the plane joint located?

Answer:

between tarsal bones

Question 11: What mineral is responsible for muscle contractions?

Answer:

calcium

Question 12: Where is the hinge joint located?

Answer:

elbow and knee Question 13: Which organ will you find in both male reproductive system & urinary system?

Answer:

Urethra (shorter in women) Question 14: Which of the following options correctly lists the layers of the epidermis from the most superficial to the deepest layer?

Answer:

Stratum corneum, stratum lucidum, stratum granulosum, stratum germinativum

Question 15: What are hormones?

Answer:

chemical messengers

Question 16: Where is the pivot joint located?

Answer:

neck C1 and C2

Question 17: Aqueous humor is watery fluid in which part of the body?

Answer:

eye (front between the cornea & front viteous)

Question 18: Which part of the eye allows us to see color?

Answer:

retina

Question 19: What bones are formed during Intramembranous ossification and how?

Answer:

coverts the mesenchymal tissue to bone and forms:

the flat bone to the skull, clavicle and most of the cranial bone.

Question 20: How much of a female's blood volume is composed of red blood cells?

Answer:

40% Question 21: Which of the following causes bone matrix resorption in response to a decrease of calcium levels in the blood?

Answer:

osteoclast

Question 22: What is the pulse point of the foot?

Answer:

dorsalis pedis and posterior tibial artery

Question 23: What are types of asexual reproduction?

Answer:

binary fission, fragmentation, and budding

Question 24: What are fingerprints made of?

Answer:

Dermal papillae ( dactyloscopy) friction ridges

Question 25: What hormone secretes water and reabsorbs?

Answer:

ADH (Antidiuretic Hormone)

Question 26: The olfactory nerve is associated with which sense?

Answer:

smell

Question 27: What is Endocytosis?

Answer:

Engulfs and brings in (endo = internal)