Learning & Memorizing Nerve Innervations for Muscles: A Free Resource

*To get the FREE nerve innervations cheat sheet, you can download the PDF file at the bottom of this page*

If you’re looking for a handy little “cheat sheet” that can help you remember the nerve innervations for the main muscles of the body, then hopefully this one can help!

This one-page sheet breaks down major muscles of the abdomen, chest, back, arms, and legs and groups all of them by the nerves that innervate them. There’s also a quick dermatomal map and myotomal chart for easy reference.

Back in my days of PT school, I created this handy little one-page sheet to help quickly memorize which muscles were innervated by which nerves. I still use it to this day, and I hope that it can help you out on your quest to get through PT school, or whichever health professions school you’re currently working through!

How to read this sheet

I made many of these styles of “cheat sheets” back in my days of PT school (I’m a very visual learner). I hope this sheet helps you out!
  • Each quadrant of the page is divided into a different region of the body, making it rather quick and easy to navigate. Muscles in each list are listed in alphabetical order.
  • The main red headings refer to a section of the body
  • Beneath each of these sections, you’ll find the corresponding nerves associated with that region (black headings).
  • Under each nerve (black heading) you’ll find the muscles innervated by that particular nerve.
  • Please note that this sheet does not include muscles or innervations for the head and neck.

Another Free resource: The Cardiac Medications Cheat Sheet (click to get!)

*Click here to download the muscle innervation cheat sheet*


Have fun and study hard!


-Jim