Muscular System

LEARNING TARGETS:

I. Know these Muscle Names

II. Five Skeletal Muscle Concepts

• 1. Muscles must have at least two bone attachments and must cross at least one joint.

  2. Muscles always "pull" and get shorter.

  3. Identification of muscle attachments: origin and insertion.

  4. Flexion vs. Extension

  5. Muscles work in opposing pairs.

III. Functions of the Muscular System - see these slides for the next three topics (know what is in red font)

IV. The difference between tendons and ligaments.

V. Characteristics and locations of three muscle tissue types

VI. Skeletal muscle tissue anatomy/physiology