Anatomy On The Go

Today, you might use your arms for hundreds of different things, including your standard everyday activities and exercise-based movements. Every second, your heart sends blood into blood vessels that take blood to the muscles of your shoulder, arm, forearm, and hand, as well as to your brain, so you know what you’re doing and have your wits about you. Join me today, and you will learn what these blood vessels are called and how to keep ‘em straight.

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Episode 28 is the finale for season 2. In this episode, you will learn the muscles in your leg---that region between the knee and ankle---as well as the muscles of the foot. We will talk about the muscles by compartment, starting with anterior, and then working our way to lateral and then posterior compartments.

Right now, if you pull your foot toward your shin, you are working a muscle in your anterior compartment called the tibialis anterior. You can raise yourself up toward the ceiling in a calf raise, and you are calling on gastrocnemius and soleus to perform that action. Dive right into the episode, and you will learn many more muscles.

Enjoy number 28!

Our bodies are constantly sensing, gathering information, and making necessary adjustments to help optimize our movements, temperature, blood flow, and so many other responses. It’s fascinating really...all of this body data being analyzed and decisions being made...and we're not even thinking about it. That’s what this episode is all about...care to join me?