HOSA BOWL 2026 CORE EXAM TEST QUESTIONS AND
SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔carbuncle - ✔✔a painful local purulent inflammation of the skin and deeper tissues
with multiple openings for the discharge of pus and usually necrosis and sloughing of
dead tissue; larger than a boil
✔✔carcinogen - ✔✔a substance or agent causing cancer
✔✔catabolism - ✔✔destructive metabolism involving the release of energy and resulting
in the breakdown of complex materials within the organism
✔✔caudal - ✔✔towards the feet
✔✔cauterization - ✔✔using heat to sear a wound
✔✔cheilits - ✔✔inflammation of the lip
✔✔cholecystectomy - ✔✔surgical removal of the gallbladder
✔✔choledocholithotomy - ✔✔surgical incision of the common bile duct for removal of a
gallstone
✔✔cicatrix - ✔✔a scar resulting from formation and contraction of fibrous tissue in a
flesh wound
✔✔circumscribed - ✔✔confined to a limited area
✔✔coma - ✔✔a state of profound unconsciousness caused by disease, injury, or
poison
✔✔comedo - ✔✔blackhead; a small plug of sebum blocking the duct of a sebaceous
gland especially on the face
✔✔complication - ✔✔a secondary disease or condition that develops in the course of a
primary disease or condition and arises either as a result of it or from independent
causes
✔✔concussion - ✔✔a condition resulting from the stunning, damaging, or shattering
effects of a hard blow, especially a jarring injury of the brain resulting in disturbance of
cerebral function and sometimes marked by permanent damage
✔✔condyle - ✔✔large, round protuberance at the end of a bone
, ✔✔congenital - ✔✔present at birth
✔✔contracture - ✔✔a permanent shortening of a muscle, tendon or scar tissue
producing deformity or distortion
✔✔contraindicate - ✔✔to make a treatment or procedure inadvisable
✔✔contusion - ✔✔injury to tissue usually without laceration
✔✔curettage - ✔✔a surgical scraping or cleaning by means of curette
✔✔cyanosis - ✔✔a bluish or purplish discoloration of the skin due to deficient
oxygenation of the blood
✔✔cyst - ✔✔a closed sac having a distinct membrane and developing abnormally in a
body cavity or structure
✔✔cytology - ✔✔the study of cells
✔✔dangle - ✔✔to hang loosely
✔✔debilitated - ✔✔having impaired strength
✔✔debridement - ✔✔the usual surgical removal of lacerated, devitalized, or
contaminated tissue
✔✔deciduous teeth - ✔✔baby teeth; teeth that will eventually be lost during
adolescence
✔✔decubitus ulcer - ✔✔bedsore; an ulceration of tissue deprived of adequate blood
supply by prolonged pressure
✔✔deglutition - ✔✔the act of swallowing
✔✔diaphoresis - ✔✔profuse sweating
✔✔diastolic - ✔✔the lowest arterial blood pressure of a cardiac cycle occurring during
diastole of the heart
✔✔distended - ✔✔enlarged or stretched out
✔✔diuretic - ✔✔medication to increase urine excretion
SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔carbuncle - ✔✔a painful local purulent inflammation of the skin and deeper tissues
with multiple openings for the discharge of pus and usually necrosis and sloughing of
dead tissue; larger than a boil
✔✔carcinogen - ✔✔a substance or agent causing cancer
✔✔catabolism - ✔✔destructive metabolism involving the release of energy and resulting
in the breakdown of complex materials within the organism
✔✔caudal - ✔✔towards the feet
✔✔cauterization - ✔✔using heat to sear a wound
✔✔cheilits - ✔✔inflammation of the lip
✔✔cholecystectomy - ✔✔surgical removal of the gallbladder
✔✔choledocholithotomy - ✔✔surgical incision of the common bile duct for removal of a
gallstone
✔✔cicatrix - ✔✔a scar resulting from formation and contraction of fibrous tissue in a
flesh wound
✔✔circumscribed - ✔✔confined to a limited area
✔✔coma - ✔✔a state of profound unconsciousness caused by disease, injury, or
poison
✔✔comedo - ✔✔blackhead; a small plug of sebum blocking the duct of a sebaceous
gland especially on the face
✔✔complication - ✔✔a secondary disease or condition that develops in the course of a
primary disease or condition and arises either as a result of it or from independent
causes
✔✔concussion - ✔✔a condition resulting from the stunning, damaging, or shattering
effects of a hard blow, especially a jarring injury of the brain resulting in disturbance of
cerebral function and sometimes marked by permanent damage
✔✔condyle - ✔✔large, round protuberance at the end of a bone
, ✔✔congenital - ✔✔present at birth
✔✔contracture - ✔✔a permanent shortening of a muscle, tendon or scar tissue
producing deformity or distortion
✔✔contraindicate - ✔✔to make a treatment or procedure inadvisable
✔✔contusion - ✔✔injury to tissue usually without laceration
✔✔curettage - ✔✔a surgical scraping or cleaning by means of curette
✔✔cyanosis - ✔✔a bluish or purplish discoloration of the skin due to deficient
oxygenation of the blood
✔✔cyst - ✔✔a closed sac having a distinct membrane and developing abnormally in a
body cavity or structure
✔✔cytology - ✔✔the study of cells
✔✔dangle - ✔✔to hang loosely
✔✔debilitated - ✔✔having impaired strength
✔✔debridement - ✔✔the usual surgical removal of lacerated, devitalized, or
contaminated tissue
✔✔deciduous teeth - ✔✔baby teeth; teeth that will eventually be lost during
adolescence
✔✔decubitus ulcer - ✔✔bedsore; an ulceration of tissue deprived of adequate blood
supply by prolonged pressure
✔✔deglutition - ✔✔the act of swallowing
✔✔diaphoresis - ✔✔profuse sweating
✔✔diastolic - ✔✔the lowest arterial blood pressure of a cardiac cycle occurring during
diastole of the heart
✔✔distended - ✔✔enlarged or stretched out
✔✔diuretic - ✔✔medication to increase urine excretion
