2026 HOSA BOWL CORRECT FINAL EXAM
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔blepharoptosis - ✔✔a drooping or abnormal relaxation of the upper eyelid
✔✔bolus - ✔✔a large dose of a substance given by injection for the purpose of rapidly
achieving the needed therapeutic concentration in the bloodstream
✔✔borborygmus - ✔✔a rumbling sound made by the movement of gas in the intestine
✔✔bruit - ✔✔murmur; abnormal sound heard in auscultation
✔✔bruxism - ✔✔the habit of unconsciously gritting or grinding the teeth especially in
situations of stress or during sleep
✔✔buccal - ✔✔relating to the cheek
✔✔bulla - ✔✔a hollow thin-walled rounded bony prominence; a large vesicle or blister
✔✔cannula - ✔✔a small tube for insertion into a body cavity, duct, or vessel
, ✔✔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
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔blepharoptosis - ✔✔a drooping or abnormal relaxation of the upper eyelid
✔✔bolus - ✔✔a large dose of a substance given by injection for the purpose of rapidly
achieving the needed therapeutic concentration in the bloodstream
✔✔borborygmus - ✔✔a rumbling sound made by the movement of gas in the intestine
✔✔bruit - ✔✔murmur; abnormal sound heard in auscultation
✔✔bruxism - ✔✔the habit of unconsciously gritting or grinding the teeth especially in
situations of stress or during sleep
✔✔buccal - ✔✔relating to the cheek
✔✔bulla - ✔✔a hollow thin-walled rounded bony prominence; a large vesicle or blister
✔✔cannula - ✔✔a small tube for insertion into a body cavity, duct, or vessel
, ✔✔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
