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There are over 600 muscles of the human body. Learning their names, locations and actions can be intimidating.  In this lab we will focus on a select subset of muscles that contribute to major body movements.  Skeletal muscle usually attaches to two different bones, one called the origin and the other at the insertion, and typically spans a joint. Muscles connect to the bone by a cord of dense connective tissue, called a tendon. When the muscle contracts, it gets shorter as it pulls one bone (insertion) toward the other bone (origin). Thus, in most cases the origin is stationary while the insertion moves toward the origin.  

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