The interactive dog atlas · for the classroom
Worksheet: the dog's muscles
Print the page: the first sheet has the drawing with 25 numbered landmarks and the list to fill in, the second sheet the answer key. No student names, no score: it is an identification exercise.
Write the name of each numbered landmark
Answer key
- Temporalis (musculus temporalis) — On the sides of the skull, in the temporal fossa, from above the eye to the nape.
- Masseter (musculus masseter) — On the cheek, between the zygomatic arch and the mandible.
- Brachiocephalicus (musculus brachiocephalicus) — The band on the front of the neck, from the head to the humerus.
- Sternocephalicus (musculus sternocephalicus) — On the underside of the neck, from the sternum to the head.
- Trapezius (musculus trapezius) — On the withers and the upper part of the thorax, above the shoulder blade.
- Latissimus dorsi (musculus latissimus dorsi) — On the sides of the thorax, behind the shoulder blade, from the loin to the upper arm.
- Deltoideus (musculus deltoideus) — Over the shoulder joint, from the shoulder blade to the humerus.
- Triceps brachii (musculus triceps brachii) — The back of the upper arm, from the shoulder blade and humerus to the point of the elbow.
- Biceps brachii (musculus biceps brachii) — The front of the upper arm, mostly on the medial face; from the side only its edge is visible.
- Pectorals (musculi pectorales) — On the chest, from the sternum to the humerus; from the side their edge shows below the thorax.
- Serratus ventralis (musculus serratus ventralis) — On the sides of the thorax, below the shoulder blade; it shows as a band with “teeth” on the ribs.
- External abdominal oblique (musculus obliquus externus abdominis) — The lateral wall of the abdomen, from the last ribs to the linea alba.
- Epaxial muscles (longissimus) (musculus longissimus) — Along the vertebral column, above it, from the pelvis to the head; in the drawing, the band below the trapezius and latissimus.
- Gluteus medius (musculus gluteus medius) — On the croup, above the hip, on the wing of the ilium.
- Gluteus superficialis (musculus gluteus superficialis) — On the croup, behind the gluteus medius, toward the tail.
- Biceps femoris (musculus biceps femoris) — The lateral and rear part of the thigh, from the ischium to the stifle and hock.
- Semitendinosus (musculus semitendinosus) — The rear edge of the thigh, from the ischium to the tibia and calcaneus.
- Quadriceps femoris (musculus quadriceps femoris) — The front of the thigh, from the pelvis and femur to the patella.
- Gastrocnemius (musculus gastrocnemius) — The back of the lower leg, from the femur to the point of the hock.
- Calcaneal tendon (Achilles) (tendo calcaneus communis) — Above the point of the hock, on the back of the lower leg.
- Diaphragm (diaphragma) — Inside the trunk, between the thorax and the abdomen; in the drawing, the dotted line bulging forward.
- Orbicularis oris (m. orbicularis oris) — In the thickness of the lips, around the opening of the mouth.
- Levator nasolabialis (m. levator nasolabialis) — From the forehead and the nasal bones, past the orbit, to the upper lip and the wing of the nostril.
- Buccinator (m. buccinator) — In the cheek, parallel to the axis of the mouth, between the masseter and the corner of the lips.
- Digastricus (m. digastricus) — From the base of the skull, behind the ear, to the lower edge of the mandible.