Hands On Labs

Hands On Lab: Joints and Muscles

Grading: Divide number incorrect by total number of questions (61)

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Activity 1: Cartilaginous Joints

Stand upright and twist at the waist from right to left and forward to back. Pay attention to the movements this causes in your pelvis.

1. What joint connects the two halves of the pelvis anteriorly?

2. How is this joint different in males and females?

3. What immovable cartilaginous joints would be found in children, but not in adults?

Activity 2: Synovial Joints

List the 6 types of synovial joints classified by movement and give an example of each:

Joint	Example
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Activity 3: Actions at Joints

Choose 3 of the following pairs of movements and take pictures of yourself demonstrating them.

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Flexion/ Extension

Abduction/Adduction

Elevation/Depression

Protraction/Retraction

Inversion/Eversion

Supination/Pronation

Post each of the pictures below (you should have 6 pictures- one per movement)

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Activity 4: Virtual Muscle Lab

The virtual axial skeleton laboratory will teach the bones of this division and the major bone markings.

Virtual Muscle Lab (opens new window)

Click on the lab and go through all or the sections. Please see the Module 3 Lab Study Objectives for all of the muscles you are responsible for. You are not required to learn any muscles in the virtual lab that are not on this list.

Activity 5: Facial Muscles

Identify the Facial Muscles (A-H). Each letter will only be used once.

16. Masseter

17. Orbicularis oculi

18. Buccinator

19. Platysma

20. Zygomaticus minor

21. Temporalis

22. Orbicularis oris

23. Zygomaticus major

Activity 6: Identifying Major Muscles

Identify the Major Muscles (A-V). Each letter will only be used once.

24. Sternocleidomastoid

25. External oblique

26. Gluteus medius

27. Brachioradialis

28. Quadriceps femoris

29. Rectus abdominis

30. Triceps brachii

31. Gastrocnemius

32. Pectoralis major

33. Infraspinatus

34. Trapezius

35. Biceps brachii

36. Latissimus dorsi

37. Soleus

38. Gluteus maximus

39. Hamstrings

40. Deltoid

41. Teres major

42. Gracilis

43. Serratus anterior

44. Sartorius

45. Tibialis anterior

Activity 7: Arm and Leg Muscles

46. List all the muscles that compose the quadriceps femoris.

47. List all the muscles that compose the hamstrings.

Identify the arm muscles (A-E). Each letter will only be used once.

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49. Brachioradialis

50. Triceps brachii

51. Brachialis

52. Deltoid

53. Biceps brachii

Identify the leg muscles (A-I). Each letter will only be used once.

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55. Rectus femoris

56. Biceps femoris

57. Tensor fascia latae

58. Semitendinosus

59. Gracilis

60. Vastus lateralis

61. Sartorius

62. Vastus medialis

63. Semimembranosus

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