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Lab 21: Muscles of the Thigh and Leg

PURPOSE:
To review the actions, origins and insertions of the muscles that move the thigh, leg, ankle, and foot.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
1. Locate and identify the muscles that move the thigh, leg, ankle, and foot
2. Describe and demonstrate the action of each of these muscles
3. Identify the origin and insertion of each of these muscles

PROCEDURE:
1. Review Cpt 7 page 195-198, 211-215, and the Muscle Movement page

2. Print out images 21.1-21.5 (below), paste into your NoteBook and Label

3. Locate the following muscles in the manikin and models. Also locate in your own body as many muscles as you can: psoas major, gluteus maximus, gluteus medius, gluteus minimus, tensor fasciae, adductors, gracilis, biceps femoris, semitendinosis, semimembranosis, sartorius, rectus femoris, vastus lateralis, vastus medialis, vastus intermedius, tibialis anterior, extensor digitorum, gastrocnemius, soleus, flexor digitorum, tibialis posterior. List these muscles along with their origins, insertions and actions

4. Demonstrate the actions of these muscles in your body

5. Locate the origins and insertions of these muscles in the human skeleton

6. Complete parts A, B, and C (body builder images) of the Lab Handout

7. As you complete the lab, write your synopsis of the lab by describing the different actions and give examples of the muscles of the leg that create these actions.

21.1

21.2 and 21.3

21.4 and 21.5

Part C

Part C

Part C