Group Discussion / Mannequin Building

When building the spinal erectors, our group discussed how we had trouble with the proportion of the muscle building with clay. We all had difficulty building them but were able to fix them by looking at outside sources and comparing our mannequins to one another's. Jim and Channa were able to see that their spinal erectors were too large compared to the books. Jim also compared his mannequin with mine and we discovered that his external obliques were too small. He was able to add clay to the top of it and see exactly where it connected. Channa was able to compare her mannequin and to see that she needed to add some more clay to the gluteous maximus on the bottom so that it attached correctly onto the femur. It wasn't long enough compared to mine and the muscle anatomy atlas.

I myself was confused by the book and I had trouble figuring out where the Tensor Fasciae Latae was supposed to be connected, which was the bottom of the knee. My other 2 group members helped me look at some outside sources and then talked to Amy and discovered where it connected.

Over all we discussed that even though sometimes we had inconsistency with the thickness of the clay or understanding exactly where the connections of each muscle went, we were able to look at outside sources or ask each other for help. We felt that building onto the mannequins is helping us to understand how the muscle forms actually work together and where their exact location is in the body. Clay muscle building has helped us in picturing where certain ones are and their functions.