HESI A2 AP STC DIAGRAM EXAM QUESTIONS

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Question 1: Bolus

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A term used to describe food after it has been chewed and mixed with saliva

Question 2: Histology

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study of tissues

Question 3: Proximal

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Closer to the origin of the body part or the point of attachment of a limb to the body trunk

Question 4: Neuroglia

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cells that support and protect neurons

Question 5: Dermis

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middle layer of skin

Question 6: Anatomy

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Form

Question 7: Inferior

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Lower on the body, farther from the head

Question 8: Superior

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Higher on the body, nearer to the head

Question 9: Estrogen

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Female sex hormone

Question 10: Sarcomeres

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contractile units within myofibrils, the smallest contractile unit of a muscle

Question 11: Platelets

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thrombocytes, blood clotting

Question 12: Axial Skeleton

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Portion of the skeletal system that consists of the skull, rib cage, and vertebral column

Question 13: Posterior

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toward the back of the body

Question 14: Internal Respiration

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Exchange of gases between cells of the body and the blood

Question 15: Medial

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Toward the midline of the body

Question 16: Appendicular Skeleton

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bones of the shoulder, pelvis, and upper and lower extremities

Question 17: Erythrocytes

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red blood cells

Question 18: Progesterone

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A hormone produced by the ovaries which acts with estrogen to bring about the menstral cycle.

Question 19: Infundibulum

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A stalk that attaches the pituitary gland to the hypothalamus.

Question 20: Physiology

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Function

Question 21: External Respiration

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exchange of gases between lungs and blood

Question 22: Arterioles

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small vessels that receive blood from the arteries

Question 23: Hemopoiesis

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blood cell formation

Question 24: Chyme

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Partially digested, semiliquid food mixed with digestive enzymes and acids in the stomach.

Question 25: Cell

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The basic unit of structure and function in living things

Question 26: Medulla Oblongata

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Part of the brainstem that controls vital life-sustaining functions such as heartbeat, breathing, blood pressure, and digestion.

Question 27: Leukocytes

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white blood cells

Question 28: Synergists

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help prime movers by producing the same movement or by reducing undesirable movements