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Muscles and Associated Joints Database Project
This database that I have created will allow students to think critically about very
specific aspects of the human body, but more specifically that of muscles and their
individual attributes. This database is designed for high school aged kids in a
health/physical education setting, but it would very much tie into a high school course of
human anatomy and physiology.
One aspect I like most about this database that will connect my students with
making comparisons with other muscles very easily. The second layout I designed is in a
column or table format with origin, insertion, and action categories for each muscle. This
will allow my students to make important connections and identify similarities with other
muscles based up the three different aspects mentioned above. For example, when
comparing triceps brachii and biceps brachii, an individual might then be able to identify
that both of origins are at the scapula but their insertions are extremely different. This
will then help them make the connection that these muscles are antagonists to each other,
also knowing the action of both will help as well. Also by learning attachment sites and
actions of each muscle, the students will then be able to seek out patterns and
relationships to help them connect the muscle to the corresponding joint.
One last aspect I would like to touch on that the database will help students grasp
and be able to understand is bone anatomy. Just because the lesson is based on muscles,
there is a lot of transfer related to bones. For example when dealing with attachment
sites, this will help my students generate pictures in their heads and then connect them to
bone anatomy. Take the insertion attachment site of the deltoid muscle which is the
deltoid tuberosity of the humerus. Not only will an individual learn the general position
of the humerus’ location and shape, but they will now know specific names of the
different structures along the humerus bone (ex deltoid tuberosity) and what they look
like and their specific area of the bone in which it is located.
Example Test Questions
1) Based on the attachment sites of the biceps femoris, name all the bones in which the
origin of the muscle connects to
A: Pelvis and femur
2) What joint do both the biceps brachii and triceps brachii belong to?
A: Shoulder joint
3) Which muscles actions include extension of the hip joint?
A: Biceps femoris and gluteus maximus
4) What is the process on the humerus bone that the deltoid muscle attaches to?
A: Deltoid tuberosity
5) Which muscle works against or opposite of the biceps brachii
A: Triceps brachii (They do opposing actions of the shoulder joint, the biceps
flex and the triceps extend the shoulder)