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triceps brachii

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Noun1.triceps brachii - the skeletal muscle having three origins that extends the forearm when it contractstriceps brachii - the skeletal muscle having three origins that extends the forearm when it contracts
arm - a human limb; technically the part of the superior limb between the shoulder and the elbow but commonly used to refer to the whole superior limb
triceps - any skeletal muscle having three origins (but especially the triceps brachii)


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Triceps brachii - three muscles at the rear upper arm that run from the elbow to the shoulder.
Muscles include deltoid posterior (DP), middle (DM), and anterial (DA), pectorelis major clavicle portion (PC), biceps brachii (BB) including biceps long (BBlh) and biceps short (BBsh) , triceps brachii (TB) including triceps lateral (TBlt), triceps long (TBlh) and triceps mid (TBmd), brachialis (BS), brachioradialis (BR), pronator teres (PT), supinator (SP) and pronator quadratus (PQ).
 
 
 
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