Use different study techniques to learn the muscles of the body.
The point of studying is to retain information so you understand it, especially if you will be tested. Whether you are a visual, auditory or kinesthetic learner, your particular style will influence how you study best. The more study techniques you use, the better the information will stick. There are many muscles of the body to learn, so learning all of them can be a bit overwhelming. But if you take it step by step and use good techniques, you can learn them.
Instructions
Studying Muscles
1. Group information together. "Chunking" is a way to make larger amounts of information easier to remember. Focus on one part of the body at a time when studying muscles. For example, study all the muscles of the head or torso. You might want to make smaller groups and, for instance, study the facial muscles first before moving on to neck muscles and so forth.
2. Write down all of the names of the muscles and their functions. For example, jot down "temporalis -- muscle of mastication." Writing things down is a good way for visual learners to retain the information. You can write the information down more than once to solidify muscle names and functions. You can also create flash cards with a separate muscle on each card.
3. Identify where the specific muscles are on an anatomical model, picture or another person. By feeling the muscles, you are learning by doing. Note how the muscle feels. Is it large or small? If you are pointing out the muscle on a model or diagram, you are reinforcing the information visually.
You can also color pictures of the muscles. There are specific anatomy coloring books that you can purchase such as the "Anatomy Coloring Book" written by Wynn Kapit and Lawrence M. Elson. You can also make copies of pictures from an anatomy book and color these in or trace the defining lines of the muscles. This is another form of kinesthetic learning.
4. Say the names of the muscles and their functions out loud to yourself or to another person. By speaking the names of the muscles, you can use your auditory sense to help you learn them. You can also speak the names and functions into a recording device and play it back.
5. Find mnemonic devices to help you remember the difficult muscle names. A mnemonic device is trigger such as a word, rhyme or diagram that helps you remember things. You can use the first letters of each muscle name to form a word. Like S.I.T.S stands for supraspinatus, infraspinatus, teres minor and subscapularis, which are rotator cuff muscles. You can visualize the name of a muscle on each landing of a staircase to help recall the information.
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