UCLA PARAMEDIC ANATOMY 2026 STUDY GUIDE
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔stratified columnar - ✔✔Multiple cell layers which protect the male urethra, pharynx,
and ducts of some glands
✔✔Trabsitional - ✔✔Cells which appear simple when stretched and appear stratified
when un stretched
Urinary bladder linings, lining of ureters
✔✔Fibroblasts produce three connective tissues - ✔✔Collagenous fibers (structure and
connective tissue)
Elastic fibers (elastin, vocal cords)
Reticular fibers (delicate supporting structures, spleen)
✔✔Macrophages - ✔✔Engulf and devour unwanted microorganisms
✔✔mast cells - ✔✔Secrete histamine and heparin
✔✔Classification of connective tissue - ✔✔Proper includes dense (tendons) and loose
(adipose, areolar, reticular)
Supporting includes cartilage and bone
✔✔hyaline cartilage - ✔✔Smooth and firm and found in the ends of bones, nose,
trachea rings
Most common type of cartilage
✔✔elastic cartilage - ✔✔Flexible and provided framework for the epiglottis
✔✔Fibrocartilage - ✔✔Tough cartilage that absorbs shock, found in spinal column
✔✔Bone - ✔✔most rigid connective tissue
Cancellous (spongy) or compact (solid)
✔✔Bone marrow - ✔✔A soft tissue inside the bone that produces blood cells
✔✔Skeletal muscle tissue - ✔✔Voluntary muscle pulls on bones and causes body
movements, striated
✔✔Smooth muscle - ✔✔Involuntary and non striated, found in organ walls
✔✔Cardiac muscle tissue - ✔✔Called the myocardium, thick contractile middle layer of
the heart wall, involuntary
, ✔✔nervous tissue - ✔✔conducts electrical impulses, carries information
✔✔Two types of nervous tissue - ✔✔Neurons and supporting cells
✔✔Serous membrane - ✔✔Lines all body cavities that are closed to the exterior
✔✔mucous membrane - ✔✔The lining of various body cavities, including the nose,
ears, and mouth
✔✔cutaneous membrane - ✔✔The skin
✔✔Synovial membrane - ✔✔Lines the joint sacs
✔✔Negative feedback - ✔✔feedback that causes the stimulus to decline or end
✔✔Fibrous joints - ✔✔Joined by thick connective tissue, skull sutures
✔✔cartilaginous joints - ✔✔Minimal movement (pubic symphysis and connects ribs to
the sternum)
✔✔Joint capsule - ✔✔encloses the joint cavity
✔✔Synovial joints - ✔✔Free movement (elbow, ankle, shoulder)
✔✔Bursa - ✔✔A small, pad like sac filled with fluid that reduces friction
✔✔Spinal nerves - ✔✔Attach to the spinal cord and communicate with with bodily
structures
31 pairs
✔✔cochlea - ✔✔a coiled, bony, fluid-filled tube in the inner ear; sound waves traveling
through the cochlear fluid trigger nerve impulses
✔✔Pivot joint - ✔✔Rotation, atlas axis joint
✔✔Saddle joint - ✔✔Thumb
✔✔Gliding joint - ✔✔Wrist and ankle joints
✔✔Cranial vault - ✔✔Surrounds and protects the upper portion of the brain
✔✔cribriform plate - ✔✔The horizontal plate of the ethmoid bone separating the cranial
cavity from the nasal cavity.
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔stratified columnar - ✔✔Multiple cell layers which protect the male urethra, pharynx,
and ducts of some glands
✔✔Trabsitional - ✔✔Cells which appear simple when stretched and appear stratified
when un stretched
Urinary bladder linings, lining of ureters
✔✔Fibroblasts produce three connective tissues - ✔✔Collagenous fibers (structure and
connective tissue)
Elastic fibers (elastin, vocal cords)
Reticular fibers (delicate supporting structures, spleen)
✔✔Macrophages - ✔✔Engulf and devour unwanted microorganisms
✔✔mast cells - ✔✔Secrete histamine and heparin
✔✔Classification of connective tissue - ✔✔Proper includes dense (tendons) and loose
(adipose, areolar, reticular)
Supporting includes cartilage and bone
✔✔hyaline cartilage - ✔✔Smooth and firm and found in the ends of bones, nose,
trachea rings
Most common type of cartilage
✔✔elastic cartilage - ✔✔Flexible and provided framework for the epiglottis
✔✔Fibrocartilage - ✔✔Tough cartilage that absorbs shock, found in spinal column
✔✔Bone - ✔✔most rigid connective tissue
Cancellous (spongy) or compact (solid)
✔✔Bone marrow - ✔✔A soft tissue inside the bone that produces blood cells
✔✔Skeletal muscle tissue - ✔✔Voluntary muscle pulls on bones and causes body
movements, striated
✔✔Smooth muscle - ✔✔Involuntary and non striated, found in organ walls
✔✔Cardiac muscle tissue - ✔✔Called the myocardium, thick contractile middle layer of
the heart wall, involuntary
, ✔✔nervous tissue - ✔✔conducts electrical impulses, carries information
✔✔Two types of nervous tissue - ✔✔Neurons and supporting cells
✔✔Serous membrane - ✔✔Lines all body cavities that are closed to the exterior
✔✔mucous membrane - ✔✔The lining of various body cavities, including the nose,
ears, and mouth
✔✔cutaneous membrane - ✔✔The skin
✔✔Synovial membrane - ✔✔Lines the joint sacs
✔✔Negative feedback - ✔✔feedback that causes the stimulus to decline or end
✔✔Fibrous joints - ✔✔Joined by thick connective tissue, skull sutures
✔✔cartilaginous joints - ✔✔Minimal movement (pubic symphysis and connects ribs to
the sternum)
✔✔Joint capsule - ✔✔encloses the joint cavity
✔✔Synovial joints - ✔✔Free movement (elbow, ankle, shoulder)
✔✔Bursa - ✔✔A small, pad like sac filled with fluid that reduces friction
✔✔Spinal nerves - ✔✔Attach to the spinal cord and communicate with with bodily
structures
31 pairs
✔✔cochlea - ✔✔a coiled, bony, fluid-filled tube in the inner ear; sound waves traveling
through the cochlear fluid trigger nerve impulses
✔✔Pivot joint - ✔✔Rotation, atlas axis joint
✔✔Saddle joint - ✔✔Thumb
✔✔Gliding joint - ✔✔Wrist and ankle joints
✔✔Cranial vault - ✔✔Surrounds and protects the upper portion of the brain
✔✔cribriform plate - ✔✔The horizontal plate of the ethmoid bone separating the cranial
cavity from the nasal cavity.
