This cheat-sheet is designed to help you learn all about appendicular muscles. These muscles have been numbered and questions concerning these muscles will be asked. When asked a question about a muscle, write the number, and spell out the muscle. If the muscle has already been mentioned, writing just the number will suffice.
1
2
4
3
5
8
7
10
9
11
12
13
14
15
16
58
6
18
17
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
Answers are to be written in blue
50
62
54
53
52
51
56
57
58
59
60
61
55
63
64
65
66
67
68
69
70
71
72a
72b
49
171
172
173
174
175
176
177
178
179
180
181
182
167
168
169
170
183
184
1. These muscles are engaged actively during squatting motions. ___________
2. These muscles are actively engaged during arm wrestling. ___________
3. A muscle that flexes is called ____________
4. A muscle that extends is called ___________
5. This muscle lifts the scapula_________
6. These muscles are actively used and injured by soccer players (Clue: I love ham) __________
7. Look at the origin and insertion of quadriceps and hamstring muscles. Explain how their origins and insertions relate to their actions
8. List agonist and antagonist muscle pairs here____________
9. A golfer will have these muscles_____________ more developed than in a soccer player. Explain why ___________________
10. Baseball pitchers usually tear a group of muscles called the ____________. Explain why they tear these muscles.
11. Locate and name key flexors and extensors of the forearm ____________
12. These muscles are more developed in basketball players than in racecars drivers. Explain the reasons for your answers
13. A male soccer player tears the anterior cruciate ligament and damages the meniscus in his left knee. Which muscles need to be strengthened around this knee.
14. The gluteal muscles are ___________. List exercises you would do to strengthen your gluteal muscles. Explain how your chosen exercises relate to the origin and insertion of these muscles.
15. Serena Williams is a tennis player who has won a lot of Grand Slams. Watch a video of her playing and explain how the prominent muscles she has helps her game
16. For arm wrestlers to be successful, they must develop these muscles ___________
17. These muscles are hip flexors______________. List 2 exercises that strengthen the hip flexors?
18. Explain the meaning behind the name of muscle 58____________________________________________________
19. Flexion of muscle 138 and its adjacent muscles will cause these superior muscles to contract ________________
20. Bench presses will make these muscles bigger. ____________________________
21. Explain whys bicep curls make the biceps get bigger (Think in terms of origin and insertion)
22. A hunter who uses a bow and arrow in hunting will have these muscles well defined _____________
23. Apes typically hang from trees all day. This hanging motion causes definition and hypertrophy in these muscles_____________
24. In swimmers, muscle 58 is usually very well defined. Explain why this is so. (Think in terms of the origin and insertion of this muscle)