Anatomy & Physiology
What is the femur?
This is the health career that involves being under the supervision of a registered nurse and providing basic patient care, performing phlebotomy, and assisting with patient needs.
What is a patient care technician or nursing assistant?
This is the directional term meaning "both sides."
What is bilateral?
This is when HOSA was founded.
What is 1976?
This is Saniyah's position on the Louisiana HOSA State Executive Council.
What is President-Elect?
This is the name of the crystallized calcium, magnesium or uric acid molecules that form in the bladder.
What are kidney stones?
This is the health profession in the field of psychology that requires a doctorate degree in psychology and involves working in a clinical setting, assessing the mental health of patients, and performing psychotherapy.
What is a clinical psychologist? (NOT a psychiatrist.)
This is the medical term for inflammation of the meninges.
What is meningitis?
This is what HOSA is celebrating during 2026.
What is the 50th Anniversary of HOSA-Future Health Professions?
This is who has authority to make decisions for our HOSA chapter.
Who are the chapter advisors and school administration?
This is the name of the flap of tissue that remains open during breathing, but closes during swallowing to prevent food and drink from entering the lungs.
What is the epiglottis?
This is the health profession in the field of nursing that allows for advanced medical care (diagnosing patients and prescribing medications) and requires a master's or doctoral degree in nursing.
What is a nurse practitioner (NP)?
This is the medical abbreviation meaning "nothing by mouth," derived from its Latin meaning.
What is NPO?
These are the official colors of HOSA-Future Health Professionals.
What is maroon, navy blue, and medical white?
This is the class you must take and pass the certification in prior to taking Certified Clinical Medical Assistant at KD.
What is Patient Care Technician (PCT)?
This is the name of the division of the efferent nervous system in the peripheral nervous system that regulates involuntary muscle and glands.
What is the autonomic nervous system?
This health professional is responsible for providing surgical interventions in the treatment of conditions affecting the brain or spinal cord. This is a medical doctor who has also completed advanced training in this specific field (many years of residency).
What is a neurosurgeon?
This is the medical term for a stroke.
What is a cerebrovascular accident (CVA)?
This is the name of the regional HOSA conferences held in Louisiana HOSA.
What is Fall Forum?
Where will the 2027 HOSA International Leadership Conference (ILC) be held?
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
This is the name of the stage in the repair of the integument where new tissue is built as cells divide and new collagen and a new extracellular matrix is lay down.
What is proliferation?
This health professional is responsible for performing autopsies, determining the cause and manner of death of individuals, and presenting this information in criminal investigations or courts of law.
What is a forensic pathologist?
This is the type of shock someone goes into as a result of a severe allergic reaction.
This competitive event offered by HOSA allows members to gain the knowledge and skills required for medical care in an athletic-related setting.
What is Sports Medicine?
This is the health profession that Treasurer Ashlyn Pham would like to go into.
What is dermatology?