https://www.vetnurse.co.uk/f/nonclinical-discussions/12020/learning-muscular-system revising for my theory examinations which are creeping up fast i understand that muscles can be one of the hardest subjects. i know where the muscle is found and where most of them originate and insert but i can never get the action of the muscleen-USTelligent Community 10https://www.vetnurse.co.uk/thread/105987?ContentTypeID=1Sun, 16 Jan 2011 10:49:39 GMT1a0763ec-3885-442c-853e-6cef656dfec5:1a69f504-3708-477e-b738-d84f23ebc246Maisy<p>Muscles aren&#39;t the easiest topic to revise for! For me I found that pictures were the best way to learn, I drew stick dogs and marked an X at the point of&nbsp;origin and&nbsp;insertion and drew a line between the two. Then I would place another arrow to indicate whether there was flexion/extension etc and read over the diagrams regularly so the information stuck in. I made up a table with the muscle names and blank spaces for the site of origin, insertion and type of movement and photocopied a lot of copies so I could fill the blanks &nbsp;in regularly. </p> <p>Both the diagrams and the table really did get the info sticking and have recommended that to many students who have also found it useful. Its not the easiest subject but simplify it down and you should get there! </p> <p>Good Luck! <img src="http://www.vetnurse.co.uk/emoticons/new/Very_happy_smiley.png" alt="Big Smile" /></p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://www.vetnurse.co.uk/thread/105918?ContentTypeID=1Sat, 15 Jan 2011 11:38:31 GMT1a0763ec-3885-442c-853e-6cef656dfec5:40807c93-cf99-482e-a8ad-5e003a1f9226Geniverger<p>When I was learning muscles for my ANA (not as involved I know) I actually did sit in my room and run through the movements on myself first and spoke aloud what each muscle did (which then became a song as I was listening to music at the time... biceps brachii - extension! triceps - flexion!) when I came to the exam I had a little giggle thinking about how stupid I must have looked, but it worked! I work really well on visual and practical learning rather than traditional academic reading things over and over so I found it really useful.&nbsp;</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>