General HOSA Facts
Acronym of HOSA
What is Health Occupations Students of America?
Largest organ in the body
What is Skin?
Word Root: Coagul/o-
What is Clotting?
Cranial cavity contains...
What is The brain?
Major body organ Tuberculosis affects (TB)
What is Lungs?
Month, year, and place when/where HOSA was founded
What is November 1976, Arlington, TX?
Percent water in the body
What is About 45-75%?
Suffix: -rrhage
What is Bursting of blood?
Describe Cerebrospinal Fluid
What is Watery, clear fluid that surrounds the brain and spinal cord?
Left lung size in comparison to right lung size
What is Left lung is slightly smaller?
Name the 6 states that founded HOSA
What is Alabama, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Carolina, Oklahoma, and Texas?
Strongest muscle in the body
What is the Masseter?
Med Term: Auscultation
What is Listening to the sounds of the stethoscope?
Function of the hypothalamus
What is Maintaining homeostasis through the regulation of hormones?
The average person breathes in the equivalent of...
What is 13 pints of air per minute?
Identify 3 functions of the president
What is Presides over and conducts meetings according to chapter rules,
takes leadership role in working with other chapter officers,
coordinates activities with chapter advisors,
keeps chapter meetings and activities on task,
appoints committees and serves as an ex-Officio member?
Earwax = wax inside ear?
What is a Type of sweat (earwax is made up of sebum, oils, dead skin, and bacteria)?
Abbreviation: BPH
What is Benign Prostatic Hypertension?
Function of cerebellum
What is The section of the brain that is dorsal to the pons and medulla oblongata; maintains balance and equilibrium?
Percent waste eliminated by breathing
What is 70%?
Name 3 components of HOSA's Mission
What is To empower HOSA-Future Health Professionals to become leaders in the global health community, through education, collaboration, and experience?
The vertebra that comprise the top portion of the spinal column
What is Cervical?
Abbreviation: TURP
What is Transurethral Resection of the Prostate?
Name the fiber through which nerve pulses move towards a cell body
What is Dendrite?
What is Increase surface area?