Copy of 10.09.20 - Origins, Insertions, and Actions (5/28/2026)

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14 questions

Copy of 10.09.20 - Origins, Insertions, and Actions (5/28/2026)

Last updated about 3 hours ago

14 questions

Origins, Insertions, and Actions

Objectives:
distinguish between the body movements that can be made by skeletal muscles
identify various skeletal muscles throughout the body
identify the origin, insertion, and action for a set of muscles

Circle the word or words that best describe how you are feeling right now.

What do you need from me (your teacher) to do your best in class today?

Compare and contrast origins and insertions of a muscle.

List two professions in which it might be helpful to know the origins, insertions, and actions of muscles.

What are the origins, insertions, and actions of the muscles?

Watch the following video, then answer questions 

(Stop at 3:00- you don't need to know about innervations!)

The part of this video that I REALLY want you to get from this is:  

MOVE!
Act out the motions.  Feel for the processes and muscles and THINK about what would happen when the muscle contracts.

Draggable item		Corresponding Item

A Note From Your Teacher!!

For the following questions:
You may need to refer back to your bone formatives so you can remember where some of these structures are.  Also, I strongly encourage you to touch these areas of your body and THINK about what will happen when each muscle contracts.

Pick TWO opposing movements (actions) from the textbook of the muscles of the Head, Neck and Back.

Write the actions, agonist muscles (prime movers), origins, and insertions in the table in the "show your work" box below. These can be found in the table in the textbook.

Finally, visit the GetBodySmart website. Find the two muscles for your actions. Take a screenshot of both and place them in the "show your work" box below the table.

Pick TWO opposing movements (actions) from the textbook of the muscles of the Shoulder and Upper Limb

Write the actions, agonist muscles (prime movers), origins, and insertions in the table in the "show your work" box below. These can be found in the table in the textbook.

Finally, visit the GetBodySmart website. Find the two muscles for your actions. Take a screenshot of both and place them in the "show your work" box below the table.

Pick TWO opposing movements (actions) from the textbook of the muscles of the Hip and Lower Limb

Write the actions, agonist muscles (prime movers), origins, and insertions in the table in the "show your work" box below. These can be found in the table in the textbook.

Finally, visit the GetBodySmart website. Find the two muscles for your actions. Take a screenshot of both and place them in the "show your work" box below the table.

Pick TWO opposing movements (actions) from the textbook of the muscles of the Abdominal Wall and Thorax. You will likely need to reference the page for the Head, Neck, and Back.

Write the actions, agonist muscles (prime movers), origins, and insertions in the table in the "show your work" box below. These can be found in the table in the textbook.

Finally, visit the GetBodySmart website. Find the two muscles for your actions. Take a screenshot of both and place them in the "show your work" box below the table.

Draggable item		Corresponding Item
Contraction of both sternocleidomastoid muscles		Rotation of the neck
Contraction of one sternocleidomastoid muscle		Flexion of the neck

Copy of 10.09.20 - Origins, Insertions, and Actions (5/28/2026)

Copy of 10.09.20 - Origins, Insertions, and Actions (5/28/2026)

Origins, Insertions, and Actions

Circle the word or words that best describe how you are feeling right now.

What do you need from me (your teacher) to do your best in class today?

Compare and contrast origins and insertions of a muscle.

List two professions in which it might be helpful to know the origins, insertions, and actions of muscles.

MOVE!

What do you understand about origins, insertions, and actions?

What questions do you still have about origins, insertions, and actions?

Origins, Insertions, and Actions

Circle the word or words that best describe how you are feeling right now.

What do you need from me (your teacher) to do your best in class today?

Compare and contrast origins and insertions of a muscle.

List two professions in which it might be helpful to know the origins, insertions, and actions of muscles.

MOVE!

What do you understand about origins, insertions, and actions?

What questions do you still have about origins, insertions, and actions?