2026 HOSA BOWL COMPREHENSIVE QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔lithotomy - ✔✔a surgical incision for the removal of a stone usually of the bladder;
an examination position (normally used for birthing)
✔✔lithotripsy - ✔✔crushing of a stone int he bladder or urethra
✔✔localized - ✔✔restricted to a limited region
✔✔lordosis - ✔✔abnormal increase in the forward curvature of the lower or lumbar
spine; swayback
✔✔lumbago - ✔✔lower back pain
✔✔malacia - ✔✔abnormal softening
✔✔malignant - ✔✔tending to spread, becoming progressively worse, and life
threatening
✔✔malocclusion - ✔✔any deviation from a normal occlusion of the teeth
, ✔✔mandible - ✔✔bone forming the lower jaw
✔✔manifestation - ✔✔an obvious indication or specific evidence that a disease is
present
✔✔manubrium - ✔✔the upper segment of the sternum articulating with the clavicle and
first pair of costal cartilage
✔✔mastication - ✔✔chewing
✔✔meatus - ✔✔a passage or opening
✔✔melena - ✔✔passage of black stools containing digested blood
✔✔meninges - ✔✔the three membranes investing the spinal cord and brain; dura
mater, arachnoid layer, and pia mater
✔✔meniscus - ✔✔a disk of cartilage that acts as a cushion between the ends of bones
in a joint
✔✔metabolism - ✔✔sum of all the physical and chemical processes by which living
organized substance is produced and maintained (anabolism) and also the
transformation by which energy is made available for the uses of the organism
(catabolism)
✔✔metastasis - ✔✔pathogenic growth that is distant from the primary disease site
✔✔narcolepsy - ✔✔syndrome characterized by recurrent uncontrollable seizures of
drowsiness and sleep
✔✔neoplasm - ✔✔any new growth of tissue in which the multiplication of cells is
uncontrolled, more rapid than normal, and progressive
✔✔nocturia - ✔✔excessive urination during the night
✔✔nosocomial - ✔✔any hospital-acquired infection
✔✔occluded - ✔✔to close up, obstruct, or join together, as bringing the biting surface of
opposing teeth together
✔✔olfactory - ✔✔pertaining to smell
✔✔oliguria - ✔✔scanty or frequent urination
AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔lithotomy - ✔✔a surgical incision for the removal of a stone usually of the bladder;
an examination position (normally used for birthing)
✔✔lithotripsy - ✔✔crushing of a stone int he bladder or urethra
✔✔localized - ✔✔restricted to a limited region
✔✔lordosis - ✔✔abnormal increase in the forward curvature of the lower or lumbar
spine; swayback
✔✔lumbago - ✔✔lower back pain
✔✔malacia - ✔✔abnormal softening
✔✔malignant - ✔✔tending to spread, becoming progressively worse, and life
threatening
✔✔malocclusion - ✔✔any deviation from a normal occlusion of the teeth
, ✔✔mandible - ✔✔bone forming the lower jaw
✔✔manifestation - ✔✔an obvious indication or specific evidence that a disease is
present
✔✔manubrium - ✔✔the upper segment of the sternum articulating with the clavicle and
first pair of costal cartilage
✔✔mastication - ✔✔chewing
✔✔meatus - ✔✔a passage or opening
✔✔melena - ✔✔passage of black stools containing digested blood
✔✔meninges - ✔✔the three membranes investing the spinal cord and brain; dura
mater, arachnoid layer, and pia mater
✔✔meniscus - ✔✔a disk of cartilage that acts as a cushion between the ends of bones
in a joint
✔✔metabolism - ✔✔sum of all the physical and chemical processes by which living
organized substance is produced and maintained (anabolism) and also the
transformation by which energy is made available for the uses of the organism
(catabolism)
✔✔metastasis - ✔✔pathogenic growth that is distant from the primary disease site
✔✔narcolepsy - ✔✔syndrome characterized by recurrent uncontrollable seizures of
drowsiness and sleep
✔✔neoplasm - ✔✔any new growth of tissue in which the multiplication of cells is
uncontrolled, more rapid than normal, and progressive
✔✔nocturia - ✔✔excessive urination during the night
✔✔nosocomial - ✔✔any hospital-acquired infection
✔✔occluded - ✔✔to close up, obstruct, or join together, as bringing the biting surface of
opposing teeth together
✔✔olfactory - ✔✔pertaining to smell
✔✔oliguria - ✔✔scanty or frequent urination
