Skeletons
Everywhere
Everywhere
Adults have 206 of these structures, but infants are born with around 270 before they fuse together.
What are bones?
Making up about 55% of your blood, this yellowish liquid component carries water, salts, and enzymes.
What is Plasma?
If a witch wanted to brew a potion targeting the skin, she would use a root word beginning with this four-letter root.
What is derm? (or dermat/o)
If a zombie attacks your chest and stops your heart, a bystander will immediately need to perform this lifesaving action.
What is CPR
It isn't a ghost; it is this official HOSA color that represents the continuity of care in the healthcare field.
What is medical white?
This bone, commonly known as the shoulder blade, connects the humerus with the clavicle.
What is the Scapula?
Vampires look for these specific cells, also known as erythrocytes, which use hemoglobin to carry oxygen.
What are red blood cells?
This prefix literally means "dead" or "death," as seen in terms like tissue death.
What is necro-?
If a skeleton cracks its spine, a doctor will order this type of imaging, which uses a massive magnet and radio waves to see soft tissues without any radiation.
What is an MRI?
If you want to solve a spooky murder mystery using medical evidence, you should compete in this high school event.
What is Forensic Science?
This term describes a fracture where the broken bone breaks completely through the skin.
What is a Compound Fracture? (or Open Fracture)
Vampires would love to study these tiny, plate-shaped cell fragments, also known as thrombocytes, because they rush to the scene to plug a bleeding cut.
What are platelets?
This suffix means an incision or cutting into, like when a mad scientist performs a tracheotomy.
What is -tomy?
Healthcare workers wear this three-letter acronym of equipment—including gloves, masks, and gowns—to protect themselves from scary viruses and fluids.
What is PPE?
This HOSA color does not represent blood, but rather the strength, courage, and determination of healthcare students.
What is maroon?
The axial skeleton consists of the skull, vertebral column, and this ribcage structure that protects the heart and lungs.
What is the Thoracic Cage?
If a vampire has Type AB+ blood, they are incredibly lucky in healthcare because they are known as this type of recipient.
What is a Universal Recipient?
The prefix "leuko-" means white, and the suffix "-penia" means this type of deficiency or lack.
What is a decrease or deficiency?
If you are bit by a radioactive monster, you might be rushed to this department of the hospital, known by this two-letter acronym.
What is the ER? (or ED)
If a HOSA meeting descends into complete chaos, the president can restore order by brushing up on this standard book of parliamentary procedure.
What is Robert's Rules of Order?
This ghost-white, smooth tissue covers the ends of bones at joints, reducing friction and acting as a shock absorber so bones don't painfully scrape together.
What is cartilage?
This iron-rich protein gives blood its red color and binds to oxygen molecules in the lungs.
What is Hemoglobin?
If a spell causes "cardiomegaly," the victim's heart has undergone this physical change.
What is enlargement?
If a vampire bites a patient, a phlebotomist might draw blood to perform this incredibly common three-letter test that counts red cells, white cells, and platelets.
What is a CBC?
Under standard parliamentary rules, this is the exact term for a formal proposal made by a member to get the chapter to take action.
What is a motion?