BSC 1083 chapter objectives

The Muscular System: Muscle
Organization and the Axial and Appendicular Musculature

Textbook chapter: 11.

1. For the important skeletal muscles (see list) be able to identify them on a diagram.
2. For starred (*) muscles indicate their specific actions (i.e., abduction of the thigh). Actions are stated, completely, in the following format: "Movement term" of "bone or body part"

Be able to locate and recognize the following muscles.

masseter * latissimus dorsi* sartorius
temporalis* pectoralis major* gracilis
digastric deltoid * adductor magnus
sternocleidomastoid biceps brachi* adductor longus
splenius triceps brachi* iliopsoas*
  brachialis vastus lateralis
serratus anterior   vastus medialis
pectoralis minor   rectus femoris*
rectus abdominus* orbicularis oculi gluteus maximus*
external oblique orbicularis oris* gluteus medius
internal oblique zygomaticus tensor fascia latae
    semitendonosus*
levator scapularis   semimembranosus*
erector spinae*   biceps femoris
trapezius   gastrocnemius*
rhomboideus   tibialis anterior
Professor Thomas M. Lancraft

Human Anatomy Course 
at St. Petersburg College
St. Petersburg/Gibbs Campus

04/2007