Finally, you are now in your last year in college and you are about to stride with pride on your graduation. However, you still have to go through one last test which will determine if you could pass the final board exam. The HESI or Health Education Services Inc. test is a way to gauge your competency in having a passing rate in taking the NCLEX. This test contains sub tests covering various topics, such as reading comprehension, vocabulary and general knowledge, grammar, critical thinking situations, basic math skills, anatomy and physiology, biology and chemistry. Each question can be answered by multiple choices and you can choose from 5 sets of answers. This process may be exasperating to the majority of nursing students, but it would still give them an edge in having a passing rate.

Usually, you will be taking a HESI practice test twice or thrice before taking the final HESI test. Remember that the HESI practice test is generally much harder than the actual exam, in view of the fact that it would prepare you better. They say that practice makes perfect, so be more conscientious in reviewing for the exam. Create you own test taking and reviewing strategies. Making it personalized would reinforce the knowledge, which you already gained all throughout the entire academic program.

Here are some of the strategies in reviewing for the final and practice HESI test. The first and most essential strategy would be to give an allotted time for studying. Each day, you must allocate a specific time reviewing, depending on what time of the day you are at ease and seriously focused. The application of knowledge is much more relevant than concentrating on mere facts. Next is to use flash cards, study guides, NCLEX review materials and take online practice tests. These would really help in intensifying your knowledge on test taking strategies. It may cost you a lot, but it would be a good investment for your chosen career. Lastly, health is wealth so you must not allow yourself to be overly stressed about the whole test taking thing. Don't sleep too late to study and never study on an empty stomach. Your brain would absorb more if you are in greater health, so give yourself some break once in a while. Besides, if you have learned all the things you've encountered all those years in your academic program by heart, then there is no doubt that you would pass the HESI and NCLEX exam.

Hesi Practice Test is a great help in passing the actual test. Students are encouraged to practice answering at least 100 questions per day to familiarize the nature of the test as well as challenge them to get higher scores every day.

In every practice test, answers are provided for comparison. Rationales are also present in each answers to that students will have better understanding why it became the answer.

This article will provide a couple of Hesi practice test on Human Anatomy and Physiology to evaluate how students know their bodies.

Human Anatomy and Physiology

1. Which is a part of the CNS?

a. Heart
b. Osteoblasts
c. Thalamus
d. Pes

Answer is C Thalamus.

• Thalamus is part of the forebrain. Forebrain is part of the Brain which is located in the center of the head.

- Heart is part of the circulatory system.
- Osteoblasts are large bone – forming cells
- Pes is another term for the human foot.

2. A large muscle located in the chest is called?

a. Pectoralis major
b. Deltoid
c. Biceps brachii
d. Epicranius

Answer is A Pectoralis Major.

• Pectoralis Major is large muscle located in the pectoral region (chest).

- Deltoid muscle is the muscles of the shoulder.
- Biceps Brachii is the muscles present in the upper arm.
- Epicranius is the muscle that covers the part of the cranium.

3. “Lubb” is the first part of a sound of the heart. It occurs during?

a. Sinoatrial Node
b. Beta Oxidation
c. Contraction of the Ventricles
d. Relaxation of the Ventricles

Answer is C Contraction of the Ventricles.

• Ventricular contraction produces the first heart sound “Lubb” which occurs during the closing of the A- V valves.

- Sinoatrial Node (S – A Node) is the key portion of the cardiac conduction system.
- Nodes of Ranvier referred to the narrow gaps in the myelin sheath between Schwann cells.
- Relaxation of the ventricles produces the sound of the second part “dupp”.

4. What is the primary regulator of water intake?

a. Hunger
b. Meiosis
c. Water Output
d. Thirst

Answer is D Thirst.

• Thirst is derived from the osmotic pressure of the extracellular fluids increases as the body loses water, thus stimulating the osmoreceptors in the thirst center.

- Hunger is a feeling related to lack of food intake.
- Meiosis is a process of cell division.
- Water output is the amount of water released by body.

5. Eupnea is referred to as?

a. Difficulty of breathing
b. Normal breathing
c. Collapse of a lung
d. Abnormally slow breathing

Answer is B Normal Breathing.

• The medical term associated with normal breathing is Eupnea.

- Difficulty of breathing is known as dyspnea.
- Atelectasis is the term referred to the collapse of a lung or some portions of it.
- Bradypnea is the appropriate medical term for abnormally slow breathing.