hesi study prep

Which of the following are produced in the dark reactions?

ADP, NADP+, G3P

Which of the following muscles are NOT responsible for adduction of the thigh at the hip?

Adductor major

What is a centrosome?

An organelle made of two centrioles and microtubules

Which is the most common type of skin cancer?

Basal cell carcinoma

Why is business the only subject in the following sentence? The business with the casino owner and the oil tycoon was shady.

Because it corresponds to the verb was shady.

How is digesting food moved along the small intestine?

By peristalsis, which is the contraction of the smooth muscle to push food forward

Which of the following details would likely support the view that CAR-T therapy would work well on myeloma, a cancer found in white blood cells?

CAR-T is effective for intravenous conditions.

Which of the following blood vessels is responsible for carrying oxygen-rich blood?

Carotid artery

Which of the following is not a function of hydrochloric acid in gastric juice?

Digest the mucous layer covering the epithelium.

The ampulla is an expanded portion of:

Ductus Deferens

If you wanted to move your big toe, which muscles in your foot would be activated?

Flexor and extensor hallucis brevis.

Which of the following sentences is grammatically incorrect?

Having applied the anesthesia, the surgery will go smoothly.

Which molecule do bases donate when dissolved in water?

Hydroxide

What is a protein?

It is a macromolecule that is composed of amino acids and is folded into many different shapes.

When oxalic acid reacts with sodium hydroxide, water is formed along with:

Na2C2O4

There are a great many measuring tools used in the contemporary biological laboratory. When it comes to measuring volumes, graduated cylinders are among the most common, as they are more accurate than measuring with beakers or flasks. However, when even more accurate readings of volume are needed, there are also volumetric pipettes and flasks. When a certain volume needs to be extracted from a liquid, it is customary to use pipettes, as these allow the researcher to choose a desired maximum volume of storage before drawing up the liquid. What kind of connotation does the word great carry in the first sentence of this passage?

Neutral

Solve |x| = -3

Not possible.

Under normal conditions, what has the final say as to whether or not your urine becomes acidic or alkaline?

The collecting duct.

Which chamber of the heart receives blood from the lungs?

The left atrium

What allows the trachea to expand and contract while we breathe?

The tracheal cartilages

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of multicellular organisms?

They can be composed of one type of tissue.

The ability of iron to react to oxygen is an example of _____

a chemical property.

Which gland releases the hormones responsible for an adrenaline rush?

adrenal medulla

The socket of the _____ articulates with the ball of the _____.

glenoid cavity; humerus

In organisms with bilateral symmetry, almost any individual limb has _____ own complementary limb on the other side of the organism's body, symmetrical across a middle plane.

its

In terms of cellular respiration, if a human being were to restrict their intake of glucose, he or she would produce:

less carbon dioxide.

Although the surgeon originally wanted to observe the tumor's effects on peripheral organs, it was now decided that its in situ effects would be observed instead.

local

The medical advisor was knowledgeable enough about the subject that she knew to recommend antihistamines in order to treat this particular dermatosis observed in the patient.

skin disease

The basal ganglia is located on the ___of the brain.

underside

At the airport, I bumped into Jane, _____ I had met at a conference a few months ago.

whom

What is 70 degrees Fahrenheit in Celsius?

21.11 C

What is the outcome of meiosis II?

4 haploid daughter cells