LATEST 2024 HOSA bowl QUESTIONS ANSWERS

aesthetics - ANSWER the way something looks afebrile - ANSWER lacking fever ambulate - ANSWER to walk anabolism - ANSWER the constructive part of metabolism concerned especially with macromolecular synthesis analgesic - ANSWER an agent for producing analgesia (insensibility to pain without loss of consciousness) aneurysm - ANSWER an abnormal widening or ballooning of a portion of an artery due to weakness in the wall of the blood vessel angina - ANSWER a disease marked by spasmodic attacks of intense suffocative pain; chest pain anorexia - ANSWER loss of appetite especially when prolonged anticoagulant - ANSWER a substance that hinders coagulation and especially coagulation of the blood antiemetic - ANSWER substance used to prevent vomiting antipyretic - ANSWER substance used to prevent, remove, or allay fever antitussive - ANSWER cough suppressant antrum - ANSWER a cavity within a bone or hollow organ anuria - ANSWER absence of or defective urine secretion apraxia - ANSWER loss or impairment of the ability to execute complex coordinated movements without muscular or sensory impairment articulate - ANSWER consisting of segments united by joints; jointed asymptomatic - ANSWER lacking symptoms ataxia - ANSWER an inability to coordinate voluntary muscular movements that is symptomatic of some nervous disorders atelectasis - ANSWER collapse of the expanded lung, can also be defective expansion of the pulmonary alveoli at birth athetosis - ANSWER a nervous disorder that is marked by continual slow movements especially of the extremities and is usually due to a brain lesion atrophy - ANSWER decrease in size or wasting away of a body part or tissue auscultation - ANSWER the act of listening to sounds arising within organs as an aid to dx and tx benign - ANSWER of a mild type or character that does not threaten health or life biopsy - ANSWER the removal and examination of tissue, cells, or fluids from the living body blepharoptosis - ANSWER a drooping or abnormal relaxation of the upper eyelid bolus - ANSWER a large dose of a substance given by injection for the purpose of rapidly achieving the needed therapeutic concentration in the bloodstream borborygmus - ANSWER a rumbling sound made by the movement of gas in the intestine bruit - ANSWER murmur; abnormal sound heard in auscultation bruxism - ANSWER the habit of unconsciously gritting or grinding the teeth especially in situations of stress or during sleep buccal - ANSWER relating to the cheek bulla - ANSWER a hollow thin-walled rounded bony prominence; a large vesicle or blister cannula - ANSWER a small tube for insertion into a body cavity, duct, or vessel carbuncle - ANSWER a painful local purulent inflammation of the skin and deeper tissues with multiple openings for the discharge of pus and usually necrosis and sloughing of dead tissue; larger than a boil carcinogen - ANSWER a substance or agent causing cancer catabolism - ANSWER destructive metabolism involving the release of energy and resulting in the breakdown of complex materials within the organism caudal - ANSWER towards the feet cauterization - ANSWER using heat to sear a wound cheilits - ANSWER inflammation of the lip cholecystectomy - ANSWER surgical removal of the gallbladder choledocholithotomy - ANSWER surgical incision of the common bile duct for removal of a gallstone cicatrix - ANSWER a scar resulting from formation and contraction of fibrous tissue in a flesh wound circumscribed - ANSWER confined to a limited area coma - ANSWER a state of profound unconsciousness caused by disease, injury, or poison comedo - ANSWER blackhead; a small plug of sebum blocking the duct of a sebaceous gland especially on the face complication - ANSWER a secondary disease or condition that develops in the course of a primary disease or condition and arises either as a result of it or from independent causes concussion - ANSWER a condition resulting from the stunning, damaging, or shattering effects of a hard blow, especially a jarring injury of the brain resulting in disturbance of cerebral function and sometimes marked by permanent damage condyle - ANSWER large, round protuberance at the end of a bone congenital - ANSWER present at birth contracture - ANSWER a permanent shortening of a muscle, tendon or scar tissue producing deformity or distortion contraindicate - ANSWER to make a treatment or procedure inadvisable contusion - ANSWER injury to tissue usually without laceration curettage - ANSWER a surgical scraping or cleaning by means of curette