HESI A2 Practice test questions / Newest Actual exam Review Q&A with Definitive Answers, A+ Score Solutions.Quiz____?Which of the following is NOT a function of the digestive tract?
- to use enzymes to break down food
- to perform gas exchange
- to remove waste from the body
- to use peristalsis to move food along -
- to perform gas exchange
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Gas exchange is a function of the respiratory system Quiz____?The body, at all times, attempts to maintain homeostasis. The best
definition of homeostasis is:
- a process that maintains the stability of the human body's internal
- a function via which the body breaks down glucose to use as energy
- a process in which the body resists change to genetic structure -
- a process that maintains the stability of the human body's internal
environment in response to changes in internal and external conditions
c)a process that maintains the immune system's defenses
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The endocrine system of the body is responsible for:
- defense through the use of antibodies
- communication through the use of hormones
- metabolism through the use of enzymes
- blood flow through the use of the heart muscle -
- communication through the use of hormones
- lateral
- superior
- anterior
- posterior -
- anterior
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Quiz____?Anatomical position shows the body in a(n) ________ position.
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Quiz____?
Vitamin K is created in the:
- liver
- lungs
- intestinal tract
- pancreas -
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- intestinal tract
- skin
Quiz____?The largest organ in the body is the ________.
b) GI tract
- femur
- stomach -
- skin
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Quiz____?A medical scientists wants to study the parenchyma of the kidney. This
scientist would correctly be known, most specifically, as a:
- biologist
- doctor
- anatomist
- histologist -
- histologist
- red blood cell formation
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Histology is the study of tissues.Quiz____?What is Erythropoiesis?
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