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Laboratory 11.  Muscles of the Lower Extremities

During this laboratory you will spend time studying the muscles of the lower extremities.  By the end of this laboratory you should be able to describe and demonstrate the action of each muscle in addition to locating its' origin and insertion.

As always, your photographic atlas, textbook, and the websites listed below are excellent resources to help you study this material.  

Key Words: 

(You should be able to define or explain these terms.)

Want to find out more about muscles of the lower extremities?
Visit these sites:

http://precisionexercise.homestead.com/leg.html

http://www.rad.washington.edu/atlas2/

http://www.exrx.net/Lists/Directory.html

http://www.meddean.luc.edu/lumen/meded/grossanatomy/dissector/mml/lower.htm

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