Prepare for the HESI A2 nursing school admission exam with these practice questions and answers. This comprehensive guide covers math, reading comprehension, vocabulary, grammar, anatomy and physiology, and biology.
Q: describe how proportions are cut in the following planes:1. transverse2. coronal (frontal)3. sagittal
Answer: 1. cuts through abdominal cavity splitting sections into top and bottom proportions.2. cuts the body into front and back portions.3. cuts body into left and right proportions down the midline.
Q: what does proximal and distal mean?
Answer: proximal – closer to the point of attachmentdistal – farther away from point of attachment.
Q: Histology is the study of
Answer: tissues
Q: name the 4 fundamental tissues in the body:
Answer: epithelial, connective, muscle, and nerve
Q: the _______ is the basic unit of life and building blocks of tissues and organs.
Answer: cell
Q: connective tissue cells are called…
Answer: neuroglia
Q: nerve tissue is composed of
Answer: neurons
Q: What’s the main difference between skeletal muscles and smooth muscle?
Answer: skeletal is voluntary muscle control vs smooth m. which is involuntary such as the heart m.
Q: Ribosome function
Answer: Protein synthesis
Q: differentiate mitosis and meiosis
Answer: mitosis is necessary for growth and repair. In this process the DNA is duplicated and distributed evenly to two daughter cells.The meiosis is the special cell division that takes place in the gonads that is the ovaries and testes. in the process of meiosis chromosome number is reduced from 46 to 23 so when the egg and the sperm unite and fertilization the zygote will have the correct number of chromosomes.
Q: the skin is the largest blank of the body
Answer: organ
Q: the epidermis is classified asa. cellb. organc. tissued. system
Answer: c – tissue
Q: within which epidermal layer of the skin does mitosis occura. Stratum lucidumB. Stratum granulosumc. stratum corneumD. Stratum germinativum
Answer: d. stratum germinativum
Q: what is the role of progesterone in a female reproductive system?a. Stimulates ovulationB. Conversion of the follicle to the corpus luteumc. Stimulates the development of the endometriumd. stimulates the start of menstruation
Answer: c – stimulates the development of the endometrium
Q: the layers of the epidermis from outer layer to Inner layer
Answer: stratum corneum, stratum lucidum ( only found in palms of hands and soles of feet), stratum granulosum, and the innermost stratum germinativum (made of stratum basale and stratum spinosum)* epidermisdermishypodermis (subcutaneous layer)corneumlucidumgranulosumbasalespinosumEvery Day He Counts Like Grandma Baker sees.
Q: where in the layers of he skin does mitosis occur?
Answer: stratum basale and spinosum ( stratum germinativum)
Q: epidermal cells contain the protein pigment called…
Answer: melanin