1. LIMB MUSCLES

2. Limb muscles Muscles of the limb function in: movement grasping
balance

3. Color Key:
Purple: Muscles that move the upper arm
Orange: Muscles that move the forearm
Brown: Muscles that move the hand

4. Anterior superficial muscles of the shoulder and arm

5. Posterior superficial muscles of the arm
Extensor digiti minimi 14

6. Name 2 muscles that are synergists to the biceps brachii.
Brachialis and Brachioradialis
How did the triceps brachii get its name?
 It has 3 origins
It is an arm muscle

7. What is the action of the anterior forearm muscles?
Flexion of the hand
What is the action of the posterior forearm muscles?
 Extension of the hand

8. Click on the picture to watch a tutorial on arm muscles

9. Find the muscles on your body.
Word Bank: Biceps brachii, Deltoid, Extensor digitorum, Extensor carpi radialis longus,Triceps brachii,

10. Word Bank: Brachioradialis, Extensor carpi ulnaris, Extensor digitorum, Flexor carpi ulnaris

11. Word Bank: Brachioradialis, Flexor carpi radialis, Flexor carpi ulnaris, Palmaris longus

12. Color Key:
Teal: moves the thigh
Gray: moves the lower leg
Pink: moves the foot

13. Anterior superficial muscles of the leg
Which muscle do you think is associated with a pulled groin?
Why do you think there is an * next to numbers 8, 9,10?
Part of the quadriceps group (vastus intermedius not shown.)

14. Posterior superficial muscles of the leg
What is special about the gluteus maximus?
It is the largest muscle of the body.
Why is there an * next to numbers 18,19 and 20?
They belong to the hamstring group.

15.  What is the longest muscle of the body and shown on the anterior leg diagram?
Sartorius
How did the vastus lateralis get its name?
Size- large, direction- side
If the iliacus and psoas major flex the leg, are they antagonists or synergists?
Synergists
Does the adductor longus move the leg laterally or medially?
medially

16. Click on the picture to watch a tutorial on leg muscles

17. Find the muscles on your body
Word Bank: Biceps femoris, Fibularis longus, Gastrocnemius, Soleus, Vastus lateralis,

18. Word Bank: Gastrocnemius, Gracilis, Rectus femoris, Tibialis anterior, Vastus lateralis, Vastus medialis,

19. Tuesday March 7th, 2017
You have 45 minutes to work on the arm and limb worksheet
DUE AT THE END OF THE 45 MINUTES
Notes on Muscles of the Torrso
“Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated”– Confucius
Happy National PANCAKE and CEREAL DAY
Fun Fact: Iran arrested 14 squirrels in 2007 for spying

20. Key
Purple- move upper arm Light brown- flex the hand
Orange- Move the forearm Dark brown- extend the hand
A Deltoid
B Pectoralis major
C Biceps brachii
D Corocobrachialis
E Triceps brachii
F Brachialis
G Brachioradialis
H Flexor carpi radialis
I Palmaris longus
J Flexor carpi unlaris

21. K Extensor carpi radialis longus
L Anconeus
M Extensor digitorum
N Extensor digiti minimi
O Extensor carpi ulnaris

22. Color Key: Gray moves lower leg
Teal moves the thigh Pink moves the foot
A Vastus lateralis
B Gracilis
C Adductor Longus
D Sartorius
E Rectus femoris
F Vastus medialis
G Fibularis (Peroneus) longus
H Gastrocnemius
I Tibialis Anterior
J Soleus

23. K Gluteus maximus
L Adductor magnus
M Semitendinosus
N Biceps femoris
O Gracilis
P Semimembranosus
Q Gastrocnemius
R Soleus
S Flexor digitorum longus