triceps (redirected from Triceps brachii muscle)

tri·ceps  (trsps) n. pl. tri·ceps·es (-spsz) also triceps A large three-headed muscle running along the back of the upper arm and serving to extend the forearm. [From Latin, three-headed : tri-, tri- + caput, head; see kaput- in Indo-European roots.]

triceps left: triceps at rest when forearm is at rest right: triceps fully relaxed when forearm is raised

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triceps [ˈtraɪsɛps]

n pl -cepses [-sɛpsɪz], -ceps

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Anatomy) any muscle having three heads, esp the one (triceps brachii) that extends the forearm

[from Latin, from tri- + caput head]

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triceps  (trsps)

The muscle at the back of the upper arm that raises and lowers the forearm. The triceps has three points of attachment to bone at its origin.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

triceps - any skeletal muscle having three origins (but especially the triceps brachii) skeletal muscle, striated muscle - a muscle that is connected at either or both ends to a bone and so move parts of the skeleton; a muscle that is characterized by transverse stripes musculus triceps brachii, triceps brachii - the skeletal muscle having three origins that extends the forearm when it contracts

Translations

triceps [ˈtraɪseps] N (triceps or tricepses (pl)) → tríceps m

triceps [ˈtraɪsɛps] n → triceps m

triceps

n pl <-(es)> → Trizeps m

triceps [ˈtraɪsɛps] n pl inv → tricipite m