UCLA PARAMEDIC 2026 EXAM TEST QUESTIONS AND
SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔Popliteal - ✔✔back of knee
✔✔Pulmonary - ✔✔lungs
✔✔Renal - ✔✔kidneys
✔✔Sacral - ✔✔base of spine
✔✔Scapular - ✔✔shoulder blade
✔✔Sternal - ✔✔breastbone
✔✔Temporal - ✔✔side of head
✔✔Umbilical - ✔✔naval
✔✔Volar - ✔✔palm
✔✔Anatomic position - ✔✔standing upright facing, arms at the sides with palms facing
forward, and feet slightly apart.
✔✔Superior - ✔✔above or higher ie: the heart is superior to the liver
✔✔Inferior - ✔✔below or lower ie: the liver is inferior to the lungs
✔✔Anterior - ✔✔toward the front ie: the chest is on the anterior side of the body
✔✔Posterior - ✔✔toward the back :ie the lumbar area is posterior to the umbilical area
✔✔Ventral - ✔✔toward the front ie the mammary area is on the ventral side of the body
✔✔Dorsal - ✔✔toward the back ie: the buttocks are on the dorsal side of the body
✔✔Medial - ✔✔toward the midline ie: the heart is medial to the lungs
✔✔Lateral - ✔✔away from the midline: ie the shoulders are lateral to the neck
✔✔Internal - ✔✔within, or interior to ie: the brain is internal to the skull
✔✔External - ✔✔outside, or exterior to ie: the ribs are external to the lungs
, ✔✔Superficial - ✔✔toward the surface ie: the skin is the most superficial orgam
✔✔Deep - ✔✔within, or interior to ie: the deeps veins of the muscles
✔✔Central - ✔✔the main part ie: the brain is part of the central nervous system
✔✔Peripheral - ✔✔extending from the main part ie: nerves in the arm are part of the
peripheral nervous system
✔✔Proximal - ✔✔closer to the origin ie: the knee is proximal to the foor
✔✔Distal - ✔✔farther from the origin ie: the palm is distal to the elbow
✔✔Parietal - ✔✔pertaining to the wall of a cavity ie: the parietal pleura lines the chest
cavity
✔✔Visceral - ✔✔pertaining to the organs within a cavity ie:the visceral pleura covers the
lungs
✔✔Body cavities - ✔✔cranial, spinal, thoracic, abdominal, and pelvic
✔✔Cranial cavity - ✔✔formed by skull, and contains the brain
✔✔Spinal (vertebral) cavity - ✔✔formed by the back bone and contains the spinal cord
✔✔Meninges - ✔✔membrane that line the cavities and cover the brain and spinal cord
✔✔Thoracic cavity - ✔✔chest cavity separated by diaphragm. contains the heart and
lungs. parietal pleura LINES the chest wall, visceral pleura COVERS the lungs.
✔✔Abdominal cavity - ✔✔below the diaphragm, contains the stomach and the
intestines
✔✔Pelvic cavity - ✔✔most inferior, and considered a subdivision of the abdominal
cavity. contains the urinary bladder and reproductive organs
✔✔Pericardial membranes - ✔✔parietal pleura lines the fibrous pericardial sac,
pericardium covers the heart muscle
✔✔Abdominal membranes - ✔✔peritoneum membrane that LINES the abdominal wall,
mesentery (visceral peritoneum) COVERS the abdominals
SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔Popliteal - ✔✔back of knee
✔✔Pulmonary - ✔✔lungs
✔✔Renal - ✔✔kidneys
✔✔Sacral - ✔✔base of spine
✔✔Scapular - ✔✔shoulder blade
✔✔Sternal - ✔✔breastbone
✔✔Temporal - ✔✔side of head
✔✔Umbilical - ✔✔naval
✔✔Volar - ✔✔palm
✔✔Anatomic position - ✔✔standing upright facing, arms at the sides with palms facing
forward, and feet slightly apart.
✔✔Superior - ✔✔above or higher ie: the heart is superior to the liver
✔✔Inferior - ✔✔below or lower ie: the liver is inferior to the lungs
✔✔Anterior - ✔✔toward the front ie: the chest is on the anterior side of the body
✔✔Posterior - ✔✔toward the back :ie the lumbar area is posterior to the umbilical area
✔✔Ventral - ✔✔toward the front ie the mammary area is on the ventral side of the body
✔✔Dorsal - ✔✔toward the back ie: the buttocks are on the dorsal side of the body
✔✔Medial - ✔✔toward the midline ie: the heart is medial to the lungs
✔✔Lateral - ✔✔away from the midline: ie the shoulders are lateral to the neck
✔✔Internal - ✔✔within, or interior to ie: the brain is internal to the skull
✔✔External - ✔✔outside, or exterior to ie: the ribs are external to the lungs
, ✔✔Superficial - ✔✔toward the surface ie: the skin is the most superficial orgam
✔✔Deep - ✔✔within, or interior to ie: the deeps veins of the muscles
✔✔Central - ✔✔the main part ie: the brain is part of the central nervous system
✔✔Peripheral - ✔✔extending from the main part ie: nerves in the arm are part of the
peripheral nervous system
✔✔Proximal - ✔✔closer to the origin ie: the knee is proximal to the foor
✔✔Distal - ✔✔farther from the origin ie: the palm is distal to the elbow
✔✔Parietal - ✔✔pertaining to the wall of a cavity ie: the parietal pleura lines the chest
cavity
✔✔Visceral - ✔✔pertaining to the organs within a cavity ie:the visceral pleura covers the
lungs
✔✔Body cavities - ✔✔cranial, spinal, thoracic, abdominal, and pelvic
✔✔Cranial cavity - ✔✔formed by skull, and contains the brain
✔✔Spinal (vertebral) cavity - ✔✔formed by the back bone and contains the spinal cord
✔✔Meninges - ✔✔membrane that line the cavities and cover the brain and spinal cord
✔✔Thoracic cavity - ✔✔chest cavity separated by diaphragm. contains the heart and
lungs. parietal pleura LINES the chest wall, visceral pleura COVERS the lungs.
✔✔Abdominal cavity - ✔✔below the diaphragm, contains the stomach and the
intestines
✔✔Pelvic cavity - ✔✔most inferior, and considered a subdivision of the abdominal
cavity. contains the urinary bladder and reproductive organs
✔✔Pericardial membranes - ✔✔parietal pleura lines the fibrous pericardial sac,
pericardium covers the heart muscle
✔✔Abdominal membranes - ✔✔peritoneum membrane that LINES the abdominal wall,
mesentery (visceral peritoneum) COVERS the abdominals
