HESI ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY EXAM QUESTIONS

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HESI ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY EXAM QUESTIONS

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Question 1: Cranial cavity

Answer:

Cavity that contains the brain

Question 2: Dorsal cavities (near the back)

Answer:

Cranial and spinal cavity

Question 3: superior

Answer:

above, or closer to the head

Question 4: Stratified squamos

Answer:

Type of epithelial tissue that is very thick and made up of many layers, that makes up the epidermis (skin)?

Question 5: epithelial, connective, nerve, and muscle tissue

Answer:

Four major tissue types

Question 6: serous membranes

Answer:

Which membrane forms the inner linings of the thorax and abdomen and is also composed of simple squamos epithelium and loose connective tissue?

Question 7: mast cell

Answer:

Which cell releases histamine?

Question 8: loose connective tissue

Answer:

Tissue with sparse collagenous fibers

Question 9: Pleural cavities (lungs)

Answer:

Cavities (right and left) that are the potential space between the parietal and visceral pleural membranes

Question 10: Serous membranes

Answer:

Which type of membrane lines cavities that DO NOT open to the outside and functions to reduce friction.

Question 11: Stratified columnar

Answer:

Which type of epithelial tissue is several layers of columnar cells, in which the superficial cells are elongated and the basal cells are cuboidal?

Question 12: Spinal cavity (vertebral)

Answer:

Cavity that contains the spinal cord and vertebrae

Question 13: synovial membrane

Answer:

Which membrane type lines the joints and is composed entirely of connective tissue?

Question 14: Oral cavity

Answer:

Cavity that contains the teeth and tongue

Question 15: Connective tissue

Answer:

Which tissue provides framework, fills spaces, stores fat, produces blood cells, protects against infection and helps repair tissue damage?

Question 16: pseudostratified columnar

Answer:

Which type of epithelial tissue appears stratified, but isn't, and is commonly ciliated?

Question 17: connective tissue

Answer:

Blood, adipose tissue, bone, and cartilage are all examples of ..........

Question 18: Apocrine gland

Answer:

Which type of gland loses small portions of glandular cell bodies during secretion?

Question 19: Anterior (Ventral)

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Toward the front Question 20: Peritoneal membranes (parietal is the outside layer which lines the cavity, visceral is the inside layer, lining the organs)

Answer:

Body cavity membrane: Which serous membrane lines the abdominopelvic cavity?

Question 21: epithelial

Answer:

Which type of tissue is found throughout the body and covers the body, lines organs, found in the inner lining of body cavities and hollow organs?

Question 22: receptors

Answer:

molecule or cell that provides information about the environment

Question 23: Coronal/Frontal plane

Answer:

Imaginary vertical line dividing the body into anterior and posterior portions

Question 24: Elastic fibers

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Which fibers are composed of a spring-like protein called elastin, and are yellow fibers?Question 25: orbits, nasal, oral, thoracic, mediastinum, pericardial, pleural, and abdominopelvic (peritoneal)

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Ventral cavities (near the front of the body) Question 26: Lines larger ducts of mammary glands, sweat glands, salivary glands, pancreas, developing ovaries, seminiferous tubules

Answer:

Stratified cuboidal is found where?

Question 27: Organism

Answer:

Comprised of an interacting organ system

Question 28: organs

Answer:

Structures that perform a specialized function (comprised of tissues)