Medical Landmarks
This is the most common tool hanging around a doctor’s neck, used to listen to your heartbeat and lungs.
What is a stethoscope?
These are the tiny bumps covering your tongue that allow you to enjoy flavors like sweet, salty, and sour.
What are taste buds?
These are the two main organs in your chest that expand and contract like balloons to help you breathe.
What are the lungs?
This is the primary organ of the nervous system, protected by your skull, that acts as the "control center" for your whole body.
What is the brain?
While it used to stand for "Health Occupations Students of America," the official name of the organization today is HOSA – Future health what?
What is Professionals?
Invented by Edward Jenner, this is the shot you get at the clinic to protect you from getting dangerous diseases like the flu or chickenpox.
What is a vaccine (or vaccination)?
This is the clear, protective outer window of your eye that acts like a shield against dust and eyelashes.
What is the cornea?
This is the invisible gas that humans must inhale from the air to stay alive, which is then carried through the bloodstream.
What is oxygen?
These are the long, string-like fibers running through your arms and legs that carry electrical signals to let you move and feel pain.
What are nerves?
This official HOSA color represents the compassion of its members.
What is Maroon?
Discovered by accident on a moldy petri dish, this famous medicine was the world's very first antibiotic used to kill bacteria.
What is penicillin?
This is the colored part of your eye (like blue, brown, or green) that shrinks or expands to control how much light gets in.
What is the iris?
This is the scientific name for your windpipe—the tube that connects your throat to your lungs.
What is the trachea?
This is the automatic, lightning-fast reaction your body has—like blinking when something flies at your eye, or kicking when a doctor taps your knee.
What is a reflex?
In the official HOSA emblem, this geometric shape stands for the three aspects of a person's well-being: social, physical, and mental.
What is a triangle?
Discovered by physicist Wilhelm Röntgen, these medical images use radiation to let doctors see if you broke a bone.
What are X-rays?
This thin, drum-like piece of skin inside your ear vibrates when sound waves hit it, allowing you to hear music and voices.
What is the eardrum (or tympanic membrane)?
This is the large, dome-shaped muscle right under your lungs that flattens out to help pull air into your body.
What is the diaphragm?
This thick bundle of nerves runs straight down your back inside your spine, acting like a highway for messages to reach your brain.
What is the spinal cord?
This classic, original HOSA motto states: "The hands of HOSA mold the health of..."
What is Tomorrow?
This famous red-and-white organization, founded by Clara Barton, provides emergency disaster relief and holds local blood drives.
What is the Red Cross?
This is the sense that is most closely tied to your memory—it's why smelling a certain food can instantly remind you of home.
What is smell (or the olfactory sense)?
This common respiratory condition causes a person's airways to swell and narrow, making it hard to breathe without using an inhaler.
What is asthma?
This is the catchy, three-word phrase for your body's natural adrenaline rush when you get scared, preparing you to run away or defend yourself.
What is fight-or-flight?
This is the name of the official dress code outfit members wear for formal HOSA events and testing, which includes a navy-blue suit.
What is the HOSA Uniform?