{"id":538,"date":"2015-02-24T13:51:30","date_gmt":"2015-02-24T18:51:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/bi265-humananatomyatcolby\/?p=538"},"modified":"2015-02-25T10:47:15","modified_gmt":"2015-02-25T15:47:15","slug":"ariel-oppong-a-memorable-aspect-of-anatomy-and-physiology","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/bi265-humananatomyatcolby\/2015\/02\/24\/ariel-oppong-a-memorable-aspect-of-anatomy-and-physiology\/","title":{"rendered":"Ariel Oppong: A Memorable Aspect of Anatomy and Physiology- ART!"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Ariel<\/a><\/p>\n

During the first week of class we made a trip to the Colby Art Musuem. Since the Art museum opened during the summer of 2013 I had only actually participated in one small tour. I feel like a version of myself enjoys art and objectively recognizes its value but a version of myself that is more present on campus does not really have the time or make the efforts to appreciate art. Thus, I was happy we went.<\/p>\n

While we were there we completed a scavenger hunt that required our knowledge of different human muscles to find the art pieces that matched with eight different short stories and descriptions. We were allowed to work together or to work in groups of three or less.<\/p>\n

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After we completed the scavenger hunt we were asked to find a piece of artwork within the museum and to create our own question\/description of the artwork with the central usage of a certain muscle being used by the characters or subjects in the artwork. For my question I decided to make focus on a 1997 piece of artwork called Leader by American artist, Betye Irene Saar<\/a>. Born in Los Angeles, California in 1926, she has been known to incorporate collage and assemblages into statements of political and social protest.<\/p>\n

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In this picture, a strong woman is standing and maintaining the trunk of her body in a firm position. This position represents the woman\u2019s strong presence in the family dynamic of families of this ancestry. Because of the importance of her stance as a symbol for other aspects of her womanhood, I decided to focus my piece on a large muscle that helps the main subject hold that stance: the gluteus Maximus.<\/p>\n

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The gluteus maximus is the largest and most superficial of the three-gluteal muscles (including the gluteus medius and the gluteus minimus). The gluteus maximus is proximally attached to the outer surface of the ilium and is distally attached to the superior and lateral surfaces of the greater trochanter of femur. As the largest and strongest muscle in the body, the gluteus maximus is both important in being responsible for the movement of the hip bone and thigh but in also in creating a shape to the human body and creating the appearance of hips. I really enjoyed learning more about Betye Saar, her work, and her work\u2019s impact on general society. At first our student created scavenger hunt questions were supposed to be consolidated into a new list of synopsis for high school students to look at when they came to visit Colby early the following week. However, due to some logistical issue the students were not able to complete the scavenger hunt. Instead of completing a hunt, the high school students completed a heart dissection with us, The day prior to the students\u2019 arrival on campus we had completed an almost trial run like heart dissections on our own in the lab. I enjoyed learning on my own and then showing the high school students different anatomical parts of the heart because it allowed me to see what aspects of the lessons before I was and was not retaining.<\/p>\n

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