HESI A2 EXAM

• What is a characteristic of viral herpes

  Skin Eruption
• When a boxer gets hit & has a deviated septum?

  Vomer (in nose)
• Which of the following is a structure found in the upper respiratory?

  Pharynx
• A person who has damage to their ulnar nerve will have decreased sensation in?


  Arm, inability to abduct arms and fingers
• Which bone does not articulate with any other bone?

  Hyoid Bone
• Which of the following statements best describes endocrine glands?


  They secrete chemicals into the blood, growth, metabolism, sexual development and function
• Diet is important because bone are storage places for?

  Calcium & Phosphorus
• Which organ is part of both the male reproductive system and urinary system?

  Urethra
• Ligaments provide which connection?

  Bone to bone
• Which structure conducts urine from the kidney to the urinary bladder?

  Ureter
• Anaerobic respiration can lead to a burning sensation cause by which molecule?

  Lactic Acid
• As a part of the negative feedback system, which type of cell is stimulated to re-absorb bone matrix in response to a decrease in calcium in the blood?

  Osteoclasts (break down bone so it can release Ca+ into interstitial fluid)
• Sweat on the skin's surface cools the body through which process?

  Evaporation
• When assessing a female client who describes herself as a vegetarian and the nurse notes that she has a unusual skin color. The nurse should ask the client if she has eaten a large amount of?

  Carrot and squash
• Which hand position describes an anatomical position of a person who is standing erect with feet forward?

  Palms facing anterior
• Which structure is a ball & socket joint?

  Shoulder
• Which anatomical structure houses the malleus, incus & stapes?

  Skull & Ear
• What are like cells grouped together called?

  Tissue
• The pulse point located behind the knee is palpated over which artery?

  Popliteal
• Ceruminous (aprocrine) glands secrete?

  Earwax
• What type of synovial joint is the elbow?

  Hinge
• What occurs when the sympathetic nervous system is stimulated / increased?

  Cardiac output
• Where does digestion begin in the digestive system

  Oral cavity
• Which cell structure regulates the transport of substances in & out of a cell?

  Plasma Membrane
• The mediastinum is located within which cavity?

  Thoracic cavity
• What is the effect of Serotonin, a neurotransmitter?

  Involved with mood, anxiety, sleep, happiness, appetite
• What is the response of cells in the collecting tubules in nephrons when antidiuretic hormone (ADH) is secreted?

  H2O is re-absorbed from urinary filtrate
• What is the function of thrombocytes (platelets)?

  Blood clotting
• Which muscle of the quad femoris group lies on the outer side surface of lower extremity?

  Vastus Lateralis
• Which structure is located on the sternum

  Xiphoid Process
• The occipital region is located in which part of the body?

  Head / Skull
• Which structure carries oxygen to the cells?

  Hemoglobin
• Which gland is commonly known as the "Master Gland?"

  Pituitary Gland
• Aspirin occurs when there is a tear in which structures?

  Ligament
• What epidermal derivative is involved in temperature homeostasis?

  Eccrine gland (Merocrine / Sweat gland)
• Which statement are true about bone?

  Osteoblasts (build up of bone), Epiphysial (end of bone), Diaphysis (shaft of bone)
• Aqueous humor is watery fluid in which part of the body?

  Eye (in front of eye, between the lens & cornea)
• The malleus, incus & stapes are located in which part of the body?

  Ear
• Dorsiflexion & Plantarflexion are types of joint movement that are associated with which part of the body

  Foot
• Within which vessel does blood return from the lungs?

  Pulmonary vein (Remember pulmonary is heart, veins take deoxygenated blood back to the heart, Arteries carry oxygen & nutrients away from the heart)