Body Basics
This organ pumps blood throughout your body
What is the heart?
“Cardio” refers to this part of the body
What is the heart?
This number is called in the U.S. for emergencies
What is 911?
This disease is caused by high blood sugar
What is diabetes?
HOSA stands for this
What is Health Occupations Students of America?
These are the tiny air sacs in your lungs where gas exchange happens
What are alveoli?
“Derm” refers to this
What is the skin?
CPR stands for this
What is cardiopulmonary resuscitation?
This vitamin is produced when your skin is exposed to sunlight
What is Vitamin D?
This event is the national HOSA competition
What is ILC (International Leadership Conference)?
This part of the neuron carries impulses away from the cell body
What is the axon?
“Osteo” refers to these
What are bones?
This condition occurs when the airway is blocked by a foreign object
What is choking?
This condition is characterized by high blood pressure
What is hypertension?
This type of event involves hands-on clinical skills
What are skill events?
This chamber of the heart pumps oxygenated blood to the body
What is the left ventricle?
“Tachycardia” refers to this condition
What is an abnormally fast heart rate?
This type of shock is caused by severe blood loss
What is hypovolemic shock?
This condition happens when blood flow to the brain is blocked
What is a stroke?
This leadership conference happens in Washington, D.C.
What is the Washington Leadership Academy(WLA)?
This hormone increases blood glucose levels and is produced by the pancreas
“Dyspnea” means this
What is difficulty breathing?
This heart rhythm requires defibrillation and is commonly seen in cardiac arrest
What is ventricular fibrillation?
This autoimmune disease destroys insulin-producing beta cells
What is Type 1 diabetes?
This role represents students and helps lead the organization at the state level
What is a State Officer?