Medical Terminology
TAMU
HOSA History
Health Careers
HOSA Officers
100

This term means abnormally high blood sugar.

What is hyperglycemia?

100

Texas A&M University was founded in this year.

What is 1876?

100

This is the meaning of the abbreviation HOSA.

What is Health Occupations Students of America?

100

This healthcare career focuses on diagnosing and treating physical injuries through exercise and rehabilitation.

What is a physical therapist?


100

This HOSA officer lived in Japan for three years.

Who is Isha Sudheer?

200

This term means surgical removal of the spleen.

What is a splenectomy?

200

This Global Conflict had more Aggies enlisted than the US Navy Academy and US Military Academy combined.

What is WWII?

200

HOSA was founded in this year.

What is 1976?

200

This healthcare professional is responsible for taking vital signs and assisting with basic patient care.

What is a medical assistant?

200

This officer wants to be a psychiatrist or a pediatrician.

Who is Kavin Saravanan?

300

This medical term means the heart rate is faster than normal.

What is tachycardia?

300

This was the name of the person who was the "first" 12th man.

Who is E. King Gill?

300

These are HOSA's official colors.

What is Maroon, Medical White, and Navy Blue?

300

This healthcare professional studies disease by examining tissues, organs, and bodily fluids.

What is a pathologist?

300

This officer wants to do conservation veterinary medicine in Asia and Africa.

Who is Chaitali Padidem?

400

This medical term means a tumor that formed in connective tissue.

What is a sarcoma?

400

Before becoming Texas A&M University, the school was known by this name.

What is the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas?

400

This was the state that the first National President of HOSA was from.

What is North Carolina?

400

This professional works behind the scenes to ensure hospitals meet safety and accreditation standards.

What is a healthcare compliance officer?

400

These officers want to go into research.

Who are Joselynn Lugo and Arshi Maniar?

500

This medical term means difficulty swallowing.

What is dysphagia?

500

This song lyric is engraved into the stone wall at the entrance to the Bonfire Memorial.

What is "There's a spirit can ne'er be told..."?

500

This was the state that was selected as the site for the first national HOSA conference.

What is Oklahoma?

500

This healthcare professional uses genetic information to assess inherited disease risk and counsel patients.

What is a genetic counselor?

500

These two officers and some friends thrifted outfits at Goodwill for each other during ILC 2026.

Who are Rylan Lathrop and Pranav Rajesh?