A dose of HOSA History
What year was HOSA founded?
What is 1976?
How much are the international affiliation fees?
What is $10?
This organ in the human body is responsible for pumping oxygenated blood throughout the circulatory system.
What is the heart?
This spirit-oriented period of time is held in November to increase excitement about the upcoming year ahead through 5-themed days.
What is a HOSA Week?
The medical prefix -itis indicates this condition in a tissue or organ.
What is inflammation?
This legendary healthcare leader and former U.S. Surgeon General served as an Honorary National HOSA Chairman and spoke at multiple ILCs.
Who is Dr. C. Everett Koop?
HOSA membership spans four distinct divisions: Middle School, Secondary, Postsecondary/Collegiate, and this fourth category.
What is Alumni (or Professional)?
The adult human skeleton is typically composed of this exact number of bones.
What is 206?
Not a club... What terminology does HOSA associate with?
What is an international organization?
The medical prefix tachy- (as in tachycardia) means this.
What is fast or rapid?
HOSA expanded internationally beyond North America by establishing chartered chapters in this Asian nation.
What is China?
Active global membership in HOSA – Future Health Professionals is currently...?
What is over 375,000?
Known as the "master gland," this endocrine gland located at the base of the brain controls many other glands in the body.
What is the pituitary gland?
While advisors provide guidance, HOSA chapters operate under this specific two-part leadership philosophy.
What is "student-led, advisor driven"?
What does the surgical suffix -ectomy refer to?
What is surgical removal/excision?
In 1982, this federal cabinet-level department officially recognized HOSA as an essential component of health science education.
What is the U.S. Department of Education?
How many people attended the past International Leadership Conference?
What is over 15,000?
This long bone located in the upper arm articulates with the scapula at the shoulder joint.
What is the humerus?
Where is the 2027 International Leadership Conference going to be held?
What is Philadelphia, Pennsylvania?
What medical term refers to the blue or purplish discoloration of the skin due to lack of oxygen?
What is cyanosis?
In 1990, a group of HOSA National Officers met this U.S. President during a historic visit to the White House Oval Office.
Who is George H.W. Bush?
This division has consistently been the fastest-growing demographic segment within HOSA over the past decade.
What is the Middle School Division?
These functional units inside the kidney are responsible for filtering waste out of the blood to form urine.
What are nephrons?
What is the 2026-2027 HOSA theme?
What is Redefine the Standard?
Translate the root word "hepat/o" and the suffix "-megaly" combined into hepatomegaly.
What is enlargement of the liver?