Medical Term/Abbv.
The prefix tachy- means this
(e.g., tachycardia)
What is fast or rapid?
The largest organ in the human body.
What is the skin (integumentary system)?
The legal and ethical requirement to obtain a patient's permission before performing a procedure after explaining the risks and benefits.
What is informed consent?
This term refers to a tumor or growth that is non-cancerous and does not spread to other parts of the body.
What is benign?
What HOSA officially stands for today.
What is HOSA-Future Health Professionals? (or Health Occupations Students of America)
This abbreviation stands for the Gastrointestinal tract.
What is GI?
This term describes a position further away from the surface of the body.
What is deep?
The legal term for professional negligence by a healthcare provider that leads to patient harm or injury.
What is malpractice?
A widespread outbreak of an infectious disease that affects a large region, multiple countries, or the entire globe.
What is a pandemic?
The official colors of HOSA.
What are navy blue, medical white, and maroon?
The suffix -megaly means this abnormal condition (e.g., in hepatomegaly)
What is enlargement?
The body cavity that contains the heart and lungs
What is the thoracic cavity?
The ethical principle of allowing competent patients to make their own decisions about their healthcare.
What is autonomy?
A sudden, rapid spread of an infectious disease that affects a large number of people within a specific community or population area.
What is an epidemic?
The three levels of the HOSA organization.
What are Local, State, and International (or National)?
This three-letter abbreviation stands for an Electrocardiogram used to record heart activity.
What is ECG (or EKG)?
The directional term meaning "toward the front of the body."
What is anterior (or ventral)?
The legal order indicating that CPR should not be attempted if a patient's breathing or heart stops.
What is a DNR (Do Not Resuscitate) order?
The condition characterized by an abnormally low count of red blood cells or hemoglobin in the blood
What is anemia?
The location of the HOSA International Leadership Conference (ILC) for this year.
What is Philadelphia, Pennsylvania?
The prefix olig/o- means this amount or quantity.
What is few, little, or deficient?
The functional filtering units located inside the kidneys.
What are nephrons?
This federal law was enacted in 1996 to protect sensitive patient health information from being disclosed without consent.
What is HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act)?
A life-threatening condition where the body's response to an infection damages its own tissues and organs.
What is sepsis?
The NMSU-HOSA Chapter President for 2026-27.
Who is Nyah Vargas?