Source: https://3dmusclelab.com/learn-muscles-blog/ # Learn Muscles Blog Need to learn your muscles? Studying kinesiology as part of a course or just want to understand your muscles? You're in the right place! [![pectoralis minor muscle](https://3dmusclelab.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/pectoralis-minor.jpg) Muscles The Pectoralis Minor Muscle The pectoralis minor muscle is a small deep muscle that contributes to balanced shoulder and arm position, and can even assist with respiration.](https://3dmusclelab.com/the-pectoralis-minor-muscle/) [![A curriculum document and calendar on a desk, representing Pilates teacher training programs reviewing their curriculum ahead of the January 2027 NPCP deadline](https://3dmusclelab.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/npcp-anatomy-requirements-2027.webp) How We Learn What the NPCP anatomy requirement actually asks for in 2027 NPCP's updated eligibility takes effect January 1, 2027. Repertoire and Special Populations need a live component. Anatomy can stay pre-recorded.](https://3dmusclelab.com/npcp-anatomy-requirements-2027/) [![Pelvic Floor Muscles](https://3dmusclelab.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/pelvic-floor-muscles.jpg) Muscles The Pelvic Floor Muscles Pelvic floor muscles support our organs above. Contraction and relaxation of these muscles are necessary for healthy urinary and bowel continence.](https://3dmusclelab.com/pelvic-floor-muscles/) [![Muscle Strengthening](https://3dmusclelab.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/muscle-strengthening.jpg) Anatomical Applications What Do We Mean By Muscle Strengthening? Exactly what happens during the multiple types of muscle strengthening is unclear, but maintaining muscle strength is clearly beneficial.](https://3dmusclelab.com/muscle-strengthening/) [![Pectoralis Major Muscle](https://3dmusclelab.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/pectoralis-major-muscle.jpg) Muscles The Pectoralis Major Muscle The pectoralis major muscle's arrangement in multiple overlapping myofascial bands contributes to its many types of actions.](https://3dmusclelab.com/pectoralis-major/) [![Deltoid Muscles](https://3dmusclelab.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/deltoid-muscle.jpg) Muscles The Deltoid Muscles The deltoid muscles are superficial muscles of the shoulder with three distinct sets of fibers that make them versatile for action and stabilization.](https://3dmusclelab.com/deltoid-muscles/) [![The Complex Lower Back](https://3dmusclelab.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/low-back.jpg) Anatomy And Physiology The Complex Low Back The complexity created by the many structures that relate to each other in the low back makes it vulnerable to potential dysfunction](https://3dmusclelab.com/the-complex-low-back/) [![Quadratus Lumborum Muscle](https://3dmusclelab.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/quadratus-lumborum.jpg) Muscles The Quadratus Lumborum Muscle The quadratus lumborum muscle attaches to our lumbar spine, 12th rib, and ilium of our pelvis. It affects a wide range of movements.](https://3dmusclelab.com/quadratus-lumborum-muscle/) [![Anatomical Effects of Sitting Posture](https://3dmusclelab.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/sitting-posture.jpg) Anatomical Applications Anatomical Effects Of Sitting Posture Reduce negative impacts of sitting posture by sitting with a more biomechanically ideal posture, and taking frequent breaks from sitting.](https://3dmusclelab.com/sitting-posture/) [![Hip Labral Tear](https://3dmusclelab.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/larbral-tear.jpg) Injuries What Is A Labral Tear? A labral tear happens when the labrum, fibrocartilaginous tissue that connects the cartilage that lines the socket of our hip and shoulder joints, tears.](https://3dmusclelab.com/labral-tear/) [![Whiplash Anatomy](https://3dmusclelab.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/whiplash-injury.jpg) Injuries An Anatomical Exploration Of Whiplash Whiplash occurs when our head and neck are thrown into an extreme series of hyperextension and hyperflexion movements after an impact.](https://3dmusclelab.com/whiplash/) [![Brachialis and Coracobrachialis Muscles](https://3dmusclelab.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/brachialis-coraco.jpg) Muscles Brachialis And Coracobrachialis Muscles Brachialis initiates flexion of the forearm at the elbow and coracobrachialis does arm adduction. Both of these muscles assist with additional actions.](https://3dmusclelab.com/brachialis-and-coracobrachialis-muscles/) [![Biceps brachii and triceps brachii](https://3dmusclelab.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/biceps-triceps.jpg) Muscles The Biceps and Triceps Muscles: Forearm Movers The biceps and triceps are important muscles for positioning our forearms in order to grasp things with our hands.](https://3dmusclelab.com/biceps-and-triceps/) [![Bones and Aging](https://3dmusclelab.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/aging-bone-structure.jpg) Anatomy And Physiology What Happens To Bones When We Age? Changes to our bones, including a decline in mass, happen as we age. Weight-bearing exercise and appropriate nutrition can slow that decline.](https://3dmusclelab.com/bones-when-we-age/) [![Muscles and Aging](https://3dmusclelab.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/muscle-aging.jpg) Muscles What Happens To Muscles When We Age? Skeletal muscle mass, strength, and tone decline when we age. We can slow the age-related decline of muscles with a variety of exercises.](https://3dmusclelab.com/muscles-when-we-age/) [![What Is A Meniscus Tear?](https://3dmusclelab.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/meniscus-tear.jpg) Injuries What Is A Meniscus Tear? A meniscus tear is a tear to the semi-circular pieces of cartilage located at the top of the tibia, where it meets the femur in our knee joint.](https://3dmusclelab.com/meniscus-tear/) [![An Exploration of the Ribcage](https://3dmusclelab.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/ribcage.jpg) Anatomy And Physiology An Exploration Of The Ribcage Our ribcage has several essential functions including protection of our organs, a role in breathing, and creation of red blood cells.](https://3dmusclelab.com/ribcage/) [![Muscular Actions of Breathing](https://3dmusclelab.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/diaphragm-breathing.jpg) Anatomy And Physiology Muscular Actions Of Breathing: What Happens When We Breathe? The muscular action of breathing always includes the diaphragm. We may also recruit secondary breathing muscles, like the SCM and scalenes.](https://3dmusclelab.com/muscular-actions-breathing/) [![Teaching Pilates aids musculoskeletal conditions](https://3dmusclelab.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/pilates-teacher-training.jpg) Anatomical Applications Kinesiology Applied: Teaching Pilates Aids In Managing Musculoskeletal Conditions Teaching Pilates exercises positively affected older adults with musculoskeletal issues like back pain, osteoporosis, neck pain, and osteoarthritis.](https://3dmusclelab.com/teaching-pilates-aids-musculoskeletal/) [![Quadriceps Muscles](https://3dmusclelab.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/quadriceps-muscle-h.jpg) Muscles This is where you enter the title of the new post The quadriceps are a group of four muscle bellies on the anterior thigh. These large muscles are important for powerful leg and hip movements.](https://3dmusclelab.com/quadriceps-muscles/) [![Sternoclavicular and Acromioclavicular Joints](https://3dmusclelab.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/shoulder-complex.jpg) Anatomy And Physiology The Sternoclavicular And Acromioclavicular Joints: Completing The Shoulder Complex The sternoclavicular and acromioclavicular joints are small but important joints that allow our shoulder complex to create a full range of movement.](https://3dmusclelab.com/sternoclavicular-and-acromioclavicular-joint/) [![An Ankle Sprain](https://3dmusclelab.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/ankle-sprain-1.jpg) Injuries What Happens In An Ankle Sprain? An ankle sprain happens when we over-stretch or tear the ligaments and sometimes tendons around our ankle joint after abrupt forceful movements](https://3dmusclelab.com/ankle-sprain/) [![Anatomical Terms for Movement](https://3dmusclelab.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/anatomical-terms-1.jpg) Anatomical Applications Anatomical Terms For Movements Anatomical terms for movement help us clearly communicate what and how we’re observing movement in the body.](https://3dmusclelab.com/anatomical-terms-for-movements/) [![Anatomical Terms For Body Location And Relative Position](https://3dmusclelab.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/anatomical-terms.jpg) Anatomical Applications Understanding Anatomical Terms For Location And Relative Position Anatomical terms for location help us describe where structures are located in the body and how they are positioned relative to other structures.](https://3dmusclelab.com/anatomical-terms-location-position/) 1 [2](https://3dmusclelab.com/learn-muscles-blog.md/page/2/) … [5](https://3dmusclelab.com/learn-muscles-blog.md/page/5/) [Next »](https://3dmusclelab.com/learn-muscles-blog.md/page/2/)