HESI BIOLOGY EXAM GUIDES
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1. Proximal:
Answer:
a body part is CLOSER to a specific point of origin or attachment or
closer to the trunk of the body
2. Distal:
Answer:
a body part is FARTHER from the specific point of the origin or attachment
3. Superficial -external:
Answer:
a body part is located near the surface
4. Deep (internal):
Answer:
a body part is located away from the surface
5. A sagittal plane (median) cuts the body:
Answer:
right down the middle
,6. A frontal plane (coronal) is perpendicular (oppose) so it cuts the body: -
Answer:
from ear to ear, from shoulder to shoulder across
7. A transverse plane cuts the body:
Answer:
from the navel in half dividing the superior from the inferior
8. A group of similar types of cells that performs a specific function is
a(n)::
Answer:
Tissue
9. What is the mechanism called which brings about an increasing change
in the same direction? Example:
Answer:
child birth: positive feedback
10. The relative consistency of the body's internal environment is called:
Answer:
hemostasis
11. A group of similar types of cells that performs a specific function is
a(n)::
Answer:
tissue
12. A group of two or more types of tissues is a(n)::
Answer:
Organ
,13. Structures found WITHIN a cell that perform specific functions are::
Answer:
Organelles
14. Place the levels of organization in order from least complex to most
complex:
Answer:
atom, molecule, organelle, cell, tissue, organ, organ system, organism
15. The mitochondrion is an example of a(an):
Answer:
Organelle
16. The nose is to the chin:
Answer:
Superior
17. What are the most abundant elements of the human body?:
Answer:
Carbon, Hydrogen, Oxygen, Nitrogen
18. 90% of the human body is composed of just four elements which are::
Answer:
Carbon, Hydrogen, Oxygen, Nitrogen
19. The smallest unit of an element that still retains the chemical and
physicalproperties of the element is called::
Answer:
Atom
20. Subatomic particles are::
Answer:
, Protons (positive), Neutrons (neutral) and Electrons (negative)
21. All matter is composed of basic substances called:
Answer:
Elements
22. An atom that tells you how many protons an atom has is called::
Answer:
Atomic Number
23. The number of protons and neutrons is called::
Answer:
Mass Number
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