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HESI A2 · Anatomy and Physiology · HESI A2 Anatomy and Physiology Quizlet 2024

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Question 1 of 5

What is true about caloric intake for the average person?

A. It should increase with age.

B. It should decline and then increase with age.

C. It should decline with age.

D. It should remain constant over a lifetime.

Correct Answer: It should decline with age.

Question 2 of 5

Which of the following structures has the lowest blood pressure?

A. arteries

B. arterioles

C. venules

D. veins

Correct Answer: veins

Question 3 of 5

Where do nearly all of the gaseous exchanges between air and blood take place in the lungs?

A. Pleura

B. Trachea

C. Bronchioles

D. Alveoli

Correct Answer: Alveoli

Question 4 of 5

How do the intercostal muscles between the ribs assist with respiration?

A. By protecting the delicate bronchioles and alveoli

B. By signaling a decrease in intra-alveolar pressure

C. By enlarging and reducing the space in the thorax

D. By maintaining a medial separation between pleurae

Correct Answer: By enlarging and reducing the space in the thorax

Question 5 of 5

The corpus callosum facilitates communication between which brain structures?

A. the left and right brain

B. the skeletal and neural systems

C. the brain and spinal cord

D. the thalamus and hypothalamus

Correct Answer: the left and right brain

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