3 Steps To Remember Muscles Learning muscles for your exam is often the cause of overwhelm and revision frustration. Instead, simplify your muscle memory revision with three steps... 1. Learn the location of the muscle. This is easiest by looking at one clear image of the muscle, 2. Learn the origin and insertion, first in your own words, and then associate this to the anatomical terminology 3. Learn the joint actions created when that muscle contracts, and do the actions so you can feel the mus