HOSA Bowl Exam 2025 Questions
and Answers
What is the study of the form and structure of an organism? - ✔✔anatomy
What is the study of the processes of living organisms or why and how they work? -
✔✔physiology
What is the study of how diseases occur and the responses of living organisms to
disease processes? - ✔✔pathophysiology
What is the basic substance of all life made up of carbon, oxygen, hydrogen sulfur,
nitrogen and phosphorus? - ✔✔protoplasm
What is the asexual cellular process that forms two identical cells? - ✔✔mitosis
What are cells of the same type that join together for a common purpose? - ✔✔tissue
What is the condition when there is an excess amount of tissue fluid or swelling of
tissues? - ✔✔edema
What are the four main groups of tissue? - ✔✔epithelial, connective, nerve and muscle
tissue
What type of tissue covers the surface of the body and forms the lining of the intestinal,
respiratory, circulatory and urinary tracts? - ✔✔epithelial
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,What type of tissue is the supporting fabric of organs and other body parts and consists
of soft and hard? - ✔✔connective
What type of connective tissue includes adipose or fatty tissue which insulates the body
and acts as a padding? - ✔✔Soft connective tissue
What type of connective tissue includes cartilage and bone? - ✔✔Hard connective tissue
Which body system protects the body from injury, infection and dehydration to help
regulate body temperature and eliminate waste? - ✔✔Integumentary
Which body system creates a framework for the body and protects internal organs and
produces blood cells? - ✔✔skeletal
Which body system produces movement, protects internal organs, produces body heat
and maintains posture? - ✔✔Muscular
Which body system coordinates and controls body activities? - ✔✔nervous
Which body system carries oxygen and nutrients to body cells and carries waste
products away from the cells to help produce cells to fight infection? - ✔✔Circulatory
Which body system carries some tissue fluid and wastes to blood and assists with
fighting infection? - ✔✔lymphatic
Which body system breathes in oxygen and eliminates carbon dioxide? - ✔✔respiratory
Which body system digests food physically and chemically while transporting food,
absorbing nutrients, and eliminating waste? - ✔✔Digestive
Which body system filters blood to maintain fluid and electrolyte balance in the body
and eliminates waste? - ✔✔urinary
Which body system produces and secretes hormones to regulate body processes? -
✔✔Endocrine
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,Which body plane divides the body into top and bottom halves? - ✔✔transverse
Which body plane divides the body into right and left sides? - ✔✔Midsagittal or
median
Which body system divides the body into a front and back section? - ✔✔frontal or
coronal
Which body cavity contains the brain? - ✔✔cranial
Which body cavity contains the spinal cord? - ✔✔spinal cavity
Which body cavity is located in the chest and contains the esophagus, trachea, bronchi,
lungs, heart and large blood vessels? - ✔✔thoracic
Which body system is divided into an upper and lower part and contains the stomach,
small intestine, large intestine, appendix, liver, gallbladder, pancreas and spleen? -
✔✔abdominal
What are the three main layers of skin? - ✔✔epidermis, dermis, subcutaneous
What are the two main layers of the epidermis? - ✔✔stratum corneum -outermost
stratum germinativum- innermost
What is the outermost layer of skin? - ✔✔epidermis
What is the layer of tissue that contains blood vessels, nerves, involuntary muscles and
sweat and oil glands? - ✔✔Dermis
What is the innermost layer of the skin made up of elastic and fibrous connective tissue
and connects the skin to underlying muscles? - ✔✔subcutaneous fascia or hypodermis
What are the two main types of glands? - ✔✔endocrine and exocrine glands
What are sweat glands called? - ✔✔sudoriferous glands
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, What are oil glands? - ✔✔sebaceous glands
Condition of baldness? - ✔✔alopecia
What are the functions of the integumentary system? - ✔✔protection, sensory
perception, body temperature regulation, storage, absorption, absorption, excretion,
and production
What are the two pigments? - ✔✔melanin and carotene
What is the brownish-black pigment? - ✔✔melanin
What is the yellowish-red pigment? - ✔✔carotene
absence of color pigments - ✔✔albino
reddish color of the skin that can be caused by either burns or congestion of blood in the
vessels - ✔✔erythema
yellow discoloration of the skin - ✔✔jaundice
bluish discoloration of the skin caused by insufficient oxygen - ✔✔cyanosis
skin eruption that consists of flat spots on the skin - ✔✔macules
skin eruptions that consist of firm, raised areas such as pimples? - ✔✔papules
skin eruptions that consist of blisters or fluid-filled sacs - ✔✔vesicles
skin eruptions that consist of pus-filled sacs such as those seen in acne or pimples? -
✔✔pustules
skin eruptions that consist of areas of dried pus and blood - ✔✔crusts
skin eruptions that consist of itchy, elevated areas with an irregular shape, hives and
insect bites - ✔✔wheals
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and Answers
What is the study of the form and structure of an organism? - ✔✔anatomy
What is the study of the processes of living organisms or why and how they work? -
✔✔physiology
What is the study of how diseases occur and the responses of living organisms to
disease processes? - ✔✔pathophysiology
What is the basic substance of all life made up of carbon, oxygen, hydrogen sulfur,
nitrogen and phosphorus? - ✔✔protoplasm
What is the asexual cellular process that forms two identical cells? - ✔✔mitosis
What are cells of the same type that join together for a common purpose? - ✔✔tissue
What is the condition when there is an excess amount of tissue fluid or swelling of
tissues? - ✔✔edema
What are the four main groups of tissue? - ✔✔epithelial, connective, nerve and muscle
tissue
What type of tissue covers the surface of the body and forms the lining of the intestinal,
respiratory, circulatory and urinary tracts? - ✔✔epithelial
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,What type of tissue is the supporting fabric of organs and other body parts and consists
of soft and hard? - ✔✔connective
What type of connective tissue includes adipose or fatty tissue which insulates the body
and acts as a padding? - ✔✔Soft connective tissue
What type of connective tissue includes cartilage and bone? - ✔✔Hard connective tissue
Which body system protects the body from injury, infection and dehydration to help
regulate body temperature and eliminate waste? - ✔✔Integumentary
Which body system creates a framework for the body and protects internal organs and
produces blood cells? - ✔✔skeletal
Which body system produces movement, protects internal organs, produces body heat
and maintains posture? - ✔✔Muscular
Which body system coordinates and controls body activities? - ✔✔nervous
Which body system carries oxygen and nutrients to body cells and carries waste
products away from the cells to help produce cells to fight infection? - ✔✔Circulatory
Which body system carries some tissue fluid and wastes to blood and assists with
fighting infection? - ✔✔lymphatic
Which body system breathes in oxygen and eliminates carbon dioxide? - ✔✔respiratory
Which body system digests food physically and chemically while transporting food,
absorbing nutrients, and eliminating waste? - ✔✔Digestive
Which body system filters blood to maintain fluid and electrolyte balance in the body
and eliminates waste? - ✔✔urinary
Which body system produces and secretes hormones to regulate body processes? -
✔✔Endocrine
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,Which body plane divides the body into top and bottom halves? - ✔✔transverse
Which body plane divides the body into right and left sides? - ✔✔Midsagittal or
median
Which body system divides the body into a front and back section? - ✔✔frontal or
coronal
Which body cavity contains the brain? - ✔✔cranial
Which body cavity contains the spinal cord? - ✔✔spinal cavity
Which body cavity is located in the chest and contains the esophagus, trachea, bronchi,
lungs, heart and large blood vessels? - ✔✔thoracic
Which body system is divided into an upper and lower part and contains the stomach,
small intestine, large intestine, appendix, liver, gallbladder, pancreas and spleen? -
✔✔abdominal
What are the three main layers of skin? - ✔✔epidermis, dermis, subcutaneous
What are the two main layers of the epidermis? - ✔✔stratum corneum -outermost
stratum germinativum- innermost
What is the outermost layer of skin? - ✔✔epidermis
What is the layer of tissue that contains blood vessels, nerves, involuntary muscles and
sweat and oil glands? - ✔✔Dermis
What is the innermost layer of the skin made up of elastic and fibrous connective tissue
and connects the skin to underlying muscles? - ✔✔subcutaneous fascia or hypodermis
What are the two main types of glands? - ✔✔endocrine and exocrine glands
What are sweat glands called? - ✔✔sudoriferous glands
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, What are oil glands? - ✔✔sebaceous glands
Condition of baldness? - ✔✔alopecia
What are the functions of the integumentary system? - ✔✔protection, sensory
perception, body temperature regulation, storage, absorption, absorption, excretion,
and production
What are the two pigments? - ✔✔melanin and carotene
What is the brownish-black pigment? - ✔✔melanin
What is the yellowish-red pigment? - ✔✔carotene
absence of color pigments - ✔✔albino
reddish color of the skin that can be caused by either burns or congestion of blood in the
vessels - ✔✔erythema
yellow discoloration of the skin - ✔✔jaundice
bluish discoloration of the skin caused by insufficient oxygen - ✔✔cyanosis
skin eruption that consists of flat spots on the skin - ✔✔macules
skin eruptions that consist of firm, raised areas such as pimples? - ✔✔papules
skin eruptions that consist of blisters or fluid-filled sacs - ✔✔vesicles
skin eruptions that consist of pus-filled sacs such as those seen in acne or pimples? -
✔✔pustules
skin eruptions that consist of areas of dried pus and blood - ✔✔crusts
skin eruptions that consist of itchy, elevated areas with an irregular shape, hives and
insect bites - ✔✔wheals
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