HOSA Medical Jeopardy

Anatomy and Physiology

100

The largest organ in the human body

What is the skin (integumentary system)?

200

The bone commonly referred to as the collarbone

What is the clavicle?

300

The name of the last bone at the base of your spine. This bone supports you when you are sitting down

What is the coccyx (tailbone)?

400

The primary function of the alveoli in the lungs

What is gas exchange?

500

The name of the valve located between the left atrium and left ventricle of the heart

What is the mitral valve?

Medical Terminology

100

The definition for the prefix “hemi-”

What is half?

200

The term for the thigh bone

What is the femur?

300

The medical term for the inflammation of the appendix

What is appendicitis?

400

The name for a record of the electrical activity of the heart

What is an electrocardiogram (ECG or EKG)?

500

The medical term for the voice box in a human

What is the larynx?

Chemistry

100

The term for atoms of the same element that have different numbers of neutrons

What are isotopes?

200

The term for a bond in which electrons are shared unequally

What is a polar covalent bond?

300

The term for the ratio of moles of one substance to moles of another substance in a balanced chemical equation

What is a stoichiometric ratio?

400

The law that states that mass is neither created nor destroyed in a chemical reaction

What is the Law of Conservation of Mass?

500

The term for a reaction in which a single compound breaks down into two or more simpler substances

Decomposition reaction

First Aid/Emergency Response

100

The denition of the acronym “ABC” in first aid

^{What is Airway, Breathing, and Circulation?}

200

The purpose of the recovery position

What is keeping the airway clear and open (for an unconscious person)?

300

The correct ratio of chest compressions-to-breath ratio for CPR in adults

What is 30 compressions to 2 breaths?

400

The device used to deliver an electric shock to the heart in cases of cardiac arrest

What is an Automated External Defibrillator (AED)?

500

Symptoms of a heat stroke (not heat exhaustion) include

What are headaches, nausea, high body temperature, dry skin, and loss of consciousness (LOC)?

Medical TV Show/Movies

100

The name of the medical drama that follows the lives of surgeons at Seattle Grace Hospital

What is Grey’s Anatomy?

200

The name of the medical TV show that features the character J.D. As a young doctor navigating his career at Sacred Heart Hosital

Scrubs

300

The name of the show that features Dr. Shawn Murphy, a surgeon with autism and savant syndrome

What is the Good Doctor?

400

The name of the movie from 1991 about a series of arson attacks fought by two brothers in the Chicago FD

What is Backdraft?

500

The name of the show about a brilliant but unconventional diagnostician

What is House?