HOSA History/Lore
HOSA was officially organized at a constitutional convention in Arlington, Texas in this year.
What is 1976?
This is the strongest bone in the human body.
What is the femur?
This organelle is commonly known as the "powerhouse" of the cell.
What are mitochondria?
This acronym refers to some of the most critical caregivers in a medical setting. And no, it does not mean "right now".
What is RN (Registered Nurse)?
This event provides HOSA members with the opportunity to gain knowledge and skills required to impact the future of health and/or the delivery of healthcare through the development of something new.
What is Medical Innovation?
Fun Fact: This is the only event that we have won 1st at ILC (let's change that this year ;) )
The official colors of HOSA are these three.
What are navy blue, medical white, and maroon?
These chambers of the heart receive blood from the body and lungs.
What are the (left or right) atria?
Commonly associated with enzymes, these molecules increase the rate of a reaction.
What are catalysts?
This branch of medicine is dedicated to the study, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of cancer.
What is oncology?
This is the number of competitive events HOSA offers.
What is 103?
This year's HOSA theme, encouraging students to refuse to settle and surpass existing expectations in healthcare and leadership
This is the primary functional unit of the kidney, responsible for filtering blood.
What is the nephron?
During this phase of cellular division, chromosomes line up single file along the equator of the cell.
What is metaphase?
This job leads the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and serves as the principal advisor to the President on health care policy, public health, and social services. Surprisingly enough, it does not require any previous experience in healthcare.
What is the United States Secretary of Health and Human Services?
This presentation event is known for allowing absolute creativity and innovation, with the guidelines stating "Basically, anything goes."
What is Public Health?
HOSA has partnered with this organization for both SLC and ILC. They are known for blood stem cell and bone marrow transplant therapy/research.
Fun Fact: We have an NMDP Chapter here!
There are usually 206 bones in an adult human body, but there are about this many bones in a newborn's body?
What is 275-300?
These three ions are essential in nerve function, as they allow for depolarization, repolarization, and transmission of neurotransmitters.
This form of medicine is practiced by doctors with a D.O. Practitioners focus on whole-person wellness, preventive care, and the interrelation of the body's structure and function.
What is osteopathic medicine?
This event assesses knowledge and skills related to health information systems, analysis of healthcare data and information, and clinical research processes.
What is Health Informatics?
Hailing from North Carolina, this person was the first national HOSA president.
Who is Lynne McGee?
In the song "Make Her Say" by Kid Cudi (2009), Kanye West associates the medulla oblongata with public indecency and "obtaining knowledge". However, the function of the medulla oblongata is actually this.
What is controlling involuntary life functions?
These chemical reactions involve replacing a hydrogen atom with an electrophile on an aromatic ring.
What are Electrophilic Aromatic Substitution (EAS) reactions?
These guys make the diagrams and graphs the medicine industry uses all the time. They combine art and science to create accurate visual representations of human anatomy, surgeries, and medical devices for textbooks or legal cases.
What are medical illustrators?
This is one of, if not, the most critical part of HOSA events. Not having this will prevent you from competing, attending general sessions, and walking on stage.
What is Dress Code?