biceps brachii - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about biceps brachii Printer Friendly
The Free Dictionary
1,083,981,868 visitors served.
?
Dictionary/
thesaurus
Medical
dictionary
Legal
dictionary
Financial
dictionary
Acronyms
 
Idioms
Encyclopedia
Wikipedia
encyclopedia
?

biceps
(redirected from biceps brachii)

    Also found in: Dictionary/thesaurus, Medical, Encyclopedia, Wikipedia 0.01 sec.

biceps

Enlarge picture
The movements of the arm depend on two muscles, the biceps and the triceps. To lift the arm, the biceps shortens and the triceps lengthens. To lower the arm, the opposite occurs: the biceps lengthens and the triceps shortens.

Anatomical term for two muscles of the human body, one of the arm and one of the leg, although in popular use it generally denotes the muscle of the arm. The biceps brachii is the muscle on the upper arm, which flexes the shoulder, the elbow, and supinates the forearm. To extend the arm its antagonistic muscle - the triceps - has to contract.

The biceps femoris extends along the whole of the back of the thigh and flexes the knee.

Each muscle has two heads or points of origin.



How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content.
?Page tools
Printer friendly
Cite / link
 Email
Feedback
?Sign in SSL protected
Email:
Password:
Register

? Mentioned in ? References in periodicals archive
 
They reported that the total number of biceps brachii muscle intrafusal fibers (P=.
Aging of the somatosensory system: a translational perspective by Harrison, Anne L. / Physical Therapy
There are thirty-two segments devoted to a particular muscle, such as temporalis, masseter, sternocleidomastoid, biceps brachii and so on.
Annotated bibliography on musician wellness by Kalmanson, Kathryn / American Music Teacher
To probe for changes in cortical potentials, we tested cortical excitability of the biceps brachii muscle in the dominant arm, as measured by resting motor threshold (MT), cortical map area, cortical map volume, and COG of the cortical map.
Cortical reorganization following bimanual training and somatosensory ... by Field-Fote, Edelle C. / Physical Therapy
More results
 
Hutchinson browser? ? Full browser
 
 
Hutchinson Encyclopedia
?

Disclaimer | Privacy policy | Feedback | Copyright © 2008 Farlex, Inc.
All content on this website, including dictionary, thesaurus, literature, geography, and other reference data is for informational purposes only. This information should not be considered complete, up to date, and is not intended to be used in place of a visit, consultation, or advice of a legal, medical, or any other professional.. Terms of Use.