HOSA Bowl Exam 2025 Questions
and Answers
What is another name for baby teeth? - ✔✔deciduous teeth or milk teeth
Name two parts of the brainstem - ✔✔medulla, pons, brainstem
What eases and allays a disease without curing it? - ✔✔palliative
What gland surrounds the urethra? - ✔✔prostate
When was the first National Leadership Conference held? - ✔✔1978
What is the medical term for a deficiency of glucose in the blood? - ✔✔hypoglycemia
What bones forms the prominence of the cheek? - ✔✔zygomaticus
What two bones are found in the lower leg? - ✔✔tibia and fibula
What are the 5 sections of the vertebral column? - ✔✔cervical, thoracic, lumbar, sacrum,
coccyx
What is the outer layer of the eye? - ✔✔sclera
What is the medical term for the bones of the toes? - ✔✔phalanges
What is the name for members of HOSA in a location that does not have a chapter? -
✔✔members at large
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,What is the abbreviation for drops? - ✔✔gtt(s)
To what does the "rule of 9s" refer? - ✔✔skin burns, % of body burned
What is the most secret way to vote? - ✔✔ballot vote
What is the record of a previous meeting? - ✔✔minutes
What is vitamin B6? - ✔✔pyridoxene
What is the narrowing of a blood vessel? - ✔✔angiostenosis
What is the surgical puncture of the abdomen by a needle to withdraw fluid? -
✔✔abdominocentesis
What are the two glands on either side of the vaginal orifice that secrete a lubricating
mucous and are analogous to the bulbourethal glands? - ✔✔Bartholin's glands
What three signatures are need for application to a national office? - ✔✔1) school
principle, CTE director or dean
2) local chapter advisor
3) state advisor
What is the abnormal dilation of the pupil? - ✔✔mydriasis
State the HOSA motto - ✔✔The Hands of HOSA Mold the Health of Tommorrow
State the HOSA slogan - ✔✔Health Science and HOSA - A Healthy Partnership
State the HOSA tagline - ✔✔HOSA - A Student-Led Association of Future Health
Professionals
Who created the first mercury-in-glass thermometer? - ✔✔Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit
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, What are the two hormones produced by the female sex glands? - ✔✔estrogen and
progesterone
The removal of a sample of tissue from the body for examination - ✔✔biopsy
Name three things needed in the bylaws of an organization - ✔✔name, membership,
officers, object (purpose)
What two officers must be present to conduct a meeting? - ✔✔President and Secretary
What is the first item of business in a meeting? - ✔✔call to order
What does "thermoduric" mean? - ✔✔capable of surviving high temperatures
(pasteurization)
Who is credited with discovering that vitamin C prevents scurvy? - ✔✔James Lind
Who is the executive director of HOSA, Inc.? - ✔✔Doctor Jim Koeninger
What color are the words ("founded in 1976") in the HOSA emblem? - ✔✔navy blue
Who hosts the National Leadership Conference? - ✔✔HOSA National President -
Reginald Coleman
Who determines if a quorum is present? - ✔✔presiding officer
Name the respiratory disease in which pus accumulates in the thoracic cavity -
✔✔empyema
Who discovered the smallpox vaccine? - ✔✔Jenner
Listening through a stethoscope for sounds within the body is - ✔✔auscultation
What are the dues for a life membership to HOSA? - ✔✔$150
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and Answers
What is another name for baby teeth? - ✔✔deciduous teeth or milk teeth
Name two parts of the brainstem - ✔✔medulla, pons, brainstem
What eases and allays a disease without curing it? - ✔✔palliative
What gland surrounds the urethra? - ✔✔prostate
When was the first National Leadership Conference held? - ✔✔1978
What is the medical term for a deficiency of glucose in the blood? - ✔✔hypoglycemia
What bones forms the prominence of the cheek? - ✔✔zygomaticus
What two bones are found in the lower leg? - ✔✔tibia and fibula
What are the 5 sections of the vertebral column? - ✔✔cervical, thoracic, lumbar, sacrum,
coccyx
What is the outer layer of the eye? - ✔✔sclera
What is the medical term for the bones of the toes? - ✔✔phalanges
What is the name for members of HOSA in a location that does not have a chapter? -
✔✔members at large
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,What is the abbreviation for drops? - ✔✔gtt(s)
To what does the "rule of 9s" refer? - ✔✔skin burns, % of body burned
What is the most secret way to vote? - ✔✔ballot vote
What is the record of a previous meeting? - ✔✔minutes
What is vitamin B6? - ✔✔pyridoxene
What is the narrowing of a blood vessel? - ✔✔angiostenosis
What is the surgical puncture of the abdomen by a needle to withdraw fluid? -
✔✔abdominocentesis
What are the two glands on either side of the vaginal orifice that secrete a lubricating
mucous and are analogous to the bulbourethal glands? - ✔✔Bartholin's glands
What three signatures are need for application to a national office? - ✔✔1) school
principle, CTE director or dean
2) local chapter advisor
3) state advisor
What is the abnormal dilation of the pupil? - ✔✔mydriasis
State the HOSA motto - ✔✔The Hands of HOSA Mold the Health of Tommorrow
State the HOSA slogan - ✔✔Health Science and HOSA - A Healthy Partnership
State the HOSA tagline - ✔✔HOSA - A Student-Led Association of Future Health
Professionals
Who created the first mercury-in-glass thermometer? - ✔✔Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit
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, What are the two hormones produced by the female sex glands? - ✔✔estrogen and
progesterone
The removal of a sample of tissue from the body for examination - ✔✔biopsy
Name three things needed in the bylaws of an organization - ✔✔name, membership,
officers, object (purpose)
What two officers must be present to conduct a meeting? - ✔✔President and Secretary
What is the first item of business in a meeting? - ✔✔call to order
What does "thermoduric" mean? - ✔✔capable of surviving high temperatures
(pasteurization)
Who is credited with discovering that vitamin C prevents scurvy? - ✔✔James Lind
Who is the executive director of HOSA, Inc.? - ✔✔Doctor Jim Koeninger
What color are the words ("founded in 1976") in the HOSA emblem? - ✔✔navy blue
Who hosts the National Leadership Conference? - ✔✔HOSA National President -
Reginald Coleman
Who determines if a quorum is present? - ✔✔presiding officer
Name the respiratory disease in which pus accumulates in the thoracic cavity -
✔✔empyema
Who discovered the smallpox vaccine? - ✔✔Jenner
Listening through a stethoscope for sounds within the body is - ✔✔auscultation
What are the dues for a life membership to HOSA? - ✔✔$150
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