HESI PREP

Question 1

What does Superior mean?

Answer 1

Toward the head, or toward the upper body region

Question 2

What does inferior mean?

Answer 2

Toward the lower body region

Question 3

What does anterior mean?

Answer 3

On the belly or front side of the body

Question 4

What is another word for anterior?

Answer 4

Ventral

Question 5

What does posterior mean?

Answer 5

On the buttock or back side of the body

Question 6

What is another word for posterior?

Answer 6

dorsal

Question 7

What does distal mean?

Answer 7

Furthest away from the point of reference

Question 8

What does proximal mean?

Answer 8

Near the trunk or middle part of the body

Question 9

What does medial mean?

Answer 9

close to the midline of the body

Question 10

What does lateral mean?

Answer 10

Away from the midline of the body

Question 11

Epi-

Answer 11

on/upon

Question 12

hyper-

Answer 12

over

Question 13

hypo-

Answer 13

under

Question 14

intra-

Answer 14

within

Question 15

para-

Answer 15

beside

Question 16

per-

Answer 16

through

Question 17

peri-

Answer 17

around/surrounding

Question 18

sub-

Answer 18

under

Question 19

-coccus

Answer 19

spherical bacterium

Question 20

-ia

Answer 20

condition

Question 21

-ectomy

Answer 21

removal

Question 22

-malacia

Answer 22

softening

Question 23

-tomy

Answer 23

to cut

Question 24

-rrhea

Answer 24

discharge

Question 25

-plasty

Answer 25

surgical repair

Question 26

-opsy

Answer 26

view of

Question 27

What does the cranial cavity contain?

Answer 27

the brain

Question 28

What does the spinal cavity contain?

Answer 28

spinal cord, this extends from the brainstem in the cranial cavity to the end of the spinal cord

Question 29

What does the thoracic cavity consist of?

Answer 29

lungs, heart, and large blood vessels. It is separated by the abdomen and the diaphragm

Question 30

what does the abdominal cavity consist of?

Answer 30

stomach, intestines, liver, gallbladder, pancreas, spleen, kidneys. It is separated from the thoracic cavity by the diaphragm

Question 31

What does the pelvic cavity consist of?

Answer 31

urinary bladder, urinary structures, and reproductive organs

Question 32

What are the main things that circulate in the Circulatory system?

Answer 32

nutrients, gases, wastes, and other substances throughout the body

Question 33

What systems includes the heart and the movement of blood?

Answer 33

Circulatory system

Question 34

How does the blood in the heart work?

Answer 34

The heart pumps blood low in oxygen to the lungs, and once the blood is in the lungs, it is oxygenated and returned to the heart.

Question 35

Where is the heart located in the rib cage?

Answer 35

Between the 2nd and 6th rib

Question 36

What is the narrower part of the heart called?

Answer 36

Apex

Question 37

What is the cavity that holds the heart called?

Answer 37

Pericardial cavity

Question 38

What are the three layers of the heart wall?

Answer 38

Epicardium, myocardium, and endocardium

Question 39

What is the epicardium?

Answer 39

The outermost layer of the heart

Question 40

What is the myocardium?

Answer 40

The middle layer of the heart

Question 41

What is the endocardium?

Answer 41

The smooth innermost layer of the heart that keeps the blood from sticking to the inside of the heart .

Question 42

How does the blood flow through the heart?

Answer 42

- Superior/Inferior vena cava - Right atrium - Tricuspid valve - Right ventricle - Pulmonary Valve - Pulmonary artery/trunk - Lungs for oxygenation - Pulmonary vessels - Left Atrium - Mitral valve - Left ventricle - Aortic Valve - Aorta

Question 43

How many chamber are there in the heart?

Answer 43

4

Question 44

What are the 4 chambers of the heart?

Answer 44

1. Right Atria 2. Left Atria 3. Right Ventricles 4. Left Ventricles

Question 45

What is the job of the ventricles?

Answer 45

They pump blood to the lungs and the rest of the body

Question 46

What half of the heart is responsible for pumping blood thought the body?

Answer 46

Left

Question 47

Which node of the heart is known as the pacemaker?

Answer 47

SA node