Physical Education GCSE
Muscle names and body regions
What Muscle names and body regions means in Physical Education GCSE, as defined for OCR.
Definition of Muscle names and body regions
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Naming each listed muscle group and giving its body region, for example the pectorals on the chest and the abdominals down the front of the trunk.
Topics that use Muscle names and body regions
- 1.1.b. The structure and function of the muscular system - Location of major muscle groups (OCR GCSE)
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