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PDF Download HESI ENTRANCE EXAM A&P PRACTICE TEST Qs and Ans Expert- Explanation
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-Guarantee passing score -43 Questions and Answers -format set of multiple-choice -Expert- Explanation
Question 1: How does the trachea remain open like a hollow tube?
Answer:
Supporting cartilaginous rings keep it open.Question 2: Where are the pressoreceptors and chemoreceptors (specialized sensory nerves that assist with the regulation of circulation and respiration) located?
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Carotid body Question 3: Vasodilation and vasoconstriction result from which of the following ?
Answer:
Relaxation and contraction of the smooth muscle in the arterial wall.Question 4: During pregnancy, what organ produces the hormones that maintain the endometrium and prepare the breasts for milk production?
Answer:
Placenta
Question 5: Nerve tissue is composed of neuron and connective tissue cells that are referred to as which of the following?
Answer:
Neuroglia Question 6: What is the exchange of gases between the atmosphere and the blood through the alveoli called?
Answer:
External respiration
Question 7: What are the two functions of the male and female sex organs?
Answer:
Production of gametes and production of hormones.
Question 8: Why are the skeletal muscles also called voluntary muscles?
Answer:
They are under conscious control.
Question 9: What mineral is responsible for muscle contractions?
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Calcium Question 10: What are the glands of the skin that produce a thin, watery secretion?
Answer:
Eccrine glands
Question 11: Testicular activity is under the control of which hormones?
Answer:
Both FSH and LH
Question 12: Which of the following are functions of the skeletal system?
Answer:
Support the body, hemopoiesis, provide protection
Question 13: The stomach muscle churns and mixes the food, turning the mass into soupy substance called?
Answer:
Chyme
Question 14: In order for inhalation to occur, what must happen?
Answer:
Contraction of the diaphragm, which enlarges the chest cavity and draws air into the lungs.
Question 15: What separates the thoracic cavity from the abdominal cavity?
Answer:
Diaphragm
Question 16: Which of the following are tropic hormones?
Answer:
Somatotropin, follicle-stimulating hormone, thyroid-stimulating hormone.
Question 17: Which type of cell division takes place in the gonads?
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Meiosis Question 18: Which tissue serves as the framework of the body by providing support and structure for the organs?
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Connective Question 19: The heart has an intrinsic beat that is initiated by which of the following?
Answer:
Sinoatrial node
Question 20: What is the function of aldosterone?
Answer:
It conserves sodium in the body.
Question 21: What is the role of progesterone in the female reproductive system?
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Stimulates the development of the endometrium.Question 22: Which of the the following locations would the urinary bladder and internal reproductive organs be found?
Answer:
Pelvic cavity
Question 23: What does the parathyroid hormone regulate?
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Calcium Question 24: What is the basic unit of life and the building block of tissues and organs?
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Cell Question 25: You have been given a sample of tissue that has pillar shaped cells arranged
tightly together. The tissue you have is:
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Columnar epithelium Question 26: In what area of the body would you expect to find and especially thick stratum corneum?
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Heel of the foot Question 27: Which leukocytes are correctly matched with their function or description?
Answer:
Monocytes - become macrophages, lymphocytes - important in immune response, neurophils - phagocytize micro organisms.
Question 28: Most of the carbon dioxide in the blood does what?
Answer:
It is converted to bicarbonate ions.
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