HESI A2 STUDY MATERIAL: KEY TERMS AND DEFINITIONS

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HESI A2 STUDY MATERIAL: KEY TERMS AND DEFINITIONS

IN ANATOMY & PHYSIOLOGY V1/V2 EXAM QUESTIONS Actual Qs and Ans Expert-Verified Explanation

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-Guarantee passing score -100 Questions and Answers -format set of multiple-choice -Expert-Verified Explanation

Question 1: What is the most protective layer of the skin?

Answer:

Epidermis

Question 2: What is a characteristic of viral herpes

Answer:

Skin Eruption Question 3: What cellular process helps to move debris and mucous through the lining of tubules?

Answer:

Cilia

Question 4: Which structures produce B-lymphocytes?

Answer:

Red bone marrow

Question 5: Which statement are true about bone?

Answer:

Osteoblasts (build up of bone), Epiphysial (end of bone), Diaphysis (shaft of bone)

Question 6: What blood vessels perfuses (goes through) the kidney?

Answer:

Renal vein (this vein drains the kidney)

Question 7: What structure of the eye picks out color?

Answer:

Retina

Question 8: What is the function of thrombocytes (platelets)?

Answer:

Blood clotting

Question 9: Which bone does not articulate with any other bone?

Answer:

Hyoid Bone

Question 10: Which anatomical structure houses the malleus, incus & stapes?

Answer:

Skull & Ear

Question 11: Vessel carries blood from the body to the heart?

Answer:

Vena cava Question 12: Which of the following produce progesterone to prepare the uterus for preganancy?

Answer:

Corpus luteum

Question 13: Two divisions that make up the nervous system?

Answer:

PNS & CNS (Peripheral & Central)

Question 14: Which structure carries oxygen to the cells?

Answer:

Hemoglobin

Question 15: The mitral valve is located between which two structures?

Answer:

Left ventricle and left atrium

Question 16: What is the function of golgi apparatus?

Answer:

-packaging proteins for secretion and transports lipids around the cell -synthesize carbs & glycoproteins Question 17: What female reproductive organ produces occytes, estrogen, & progesterone?

Answer:

Ovaries

Question 18: What is the definition of chyme?

Answer:

Semi-fluid mass of partially digested food expelled by the stomach in the duodenum Question 19: An over production of cerumen (earwax) can accumulate in which area?

Answer:

External ear and canals

Question 20: In white blood cells, what contributes to phagocytosis?

Answer:

Macrophages and neutrophils

Question 21: When water molecules move across the cell membrane from high to low concentration, this procress is called?

Answer:

Osmosis

Question 22: What organ produces insulin?

Answer:

Pancreas

Question 23: Fertilization of an ovum occurs in which anatomical structure?

Answer:

Fallopian tubes (also called uterine tubes) Question 24: Which condition causes a client to say, "I can't see far away?"

Answer:

Nearsightedness (Think opposite, far is near, near is far)

Question 25: Fertilization occurs in the?

Answer:

oviduct

Question 26: Tissue repair is enhanced by a diet high in?

Answer:

Protein Question 27: What occurs when the sympathetic nervous system is stimulated / increased?

Answer:

Cardiac output

Question 28: What are hormones?

Answer:

Chemical messengers