Learning about muscles

This week we began learning about a few of the main muscles in the human body. We were introduced to some of the technical terminology and the basics of how muscles work. It seemed like a lot of information to take in at first, but everything made perfect sense. I never really learned that much about anatomy before, but have always been interested in how the body is constructed. Everything appears to be so delicate and intricate, so its surprising to see how much strength humans can have through this complicated system on bones and muscles. I think having a better understanding of muscles in the body will make a huge difference in our class drawings. Our drawings will have more life, more power, and ultimately be more impressive if the muscle structures are carefully observed and recorded. We were also given our own little skeleton models to begin building muscles on this week. I started working on mine this weekend and was surprised how complicated laying muscles can be. Every muscle relates to the next and there was little room for error. Hopefully my model is accurate enough for class on Tuesday.