biceps of the thigh

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• Biceps femoris muscle — Biceps femoris Lateral aspect of right leg. Biceps femoris muscle long head labeled …   Wikipedia

• Biceps — The biceps is a muscle that has two heads or origins. In Latin, biceps means two headed and is derived from bis , twice + caput , head. There is more than one biceps muscle. The biceps brachii is the well known flexor muscle in the upper arm and… …   Medical dictionary

• biceps — ► NOUN (pl. same) 1) a large muscle in the upper arm which flexes the arm and forearm and turns the hand to face palm uppermost. 2) (also leg biceps) a muscle in the back of the thigh which helps to flex the leg. ORIGIN Latin, two headed (because …   English terms dictionary

• biceps — [bī′seps΄] n. pl. biceps or bicepses [ModL < L < bis, two + caput, HEAD] 1. a muscle having two heads, or points of origin; esp., the large muscle in the front of the upper arm or the corresponding muscle at the back of the thigh 2. loosely …   English World dictionary

• Biceps — Bi ceps, n. [L., two headed; bis twice + caput head. See {Capital}.] (Anat.) A muscle having two heads or origins; applied particularly to a flexor in the arm, and to another in the thigh. [1913 Webster] || …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• biceps muscle — ▪ anatomy  any muscle with two heads, or points of origin (from Latin bis, “two,” and caput, “head”). In human beings, there are the biceps brachii and biceps femoris.       The biceps brachii is a prominent muscle on the front side of the upper… …   Universalium

• biceps — noun /ˈbaɪ.sɛps/ a) Any muscle having two heads. The leg is bent by the action of the flexor muscles situated on the back of the thigh, the chief of these being called the biceps of the leg. b) Specifically, the biceps brachii, the flexor of the… …   Wiktionary

• biceps — n. a muscle with two heads. The biceps brachii extends from the shoulder joint to the elbow . It flexes the arm and forearm and supinates the forearm and hand. The biceps femoris is situated at the back of the thigh and is responsible for flexing …   The new mediacal dictionary

• biceps — /buy seps/, n., pl. bicepses / sep siz/, biceps. Anat. either of two flexor muscles, one (biceps brachii) located in the front of the upper arm and assisting in bending the arm, and the other (biceps femoris) located on the back of the thigh and… …   Universalium

• biceps — /ˈbaɪsɛps/ (say buyseps) noun a muscle having two heads or origins, especially biceps brachii, the muscle on the front of the upper arm, which bends the forearm, and biceps femoris, the hamstring muscle on the back of the thigh. {Latin: two… …  

• biceps — [ bʌɪsɛps] noun (plural same) a large muscle in the upper arm which turns the hand to face palm uppermost and flexes the arm and forearm. ↘(also leg biceps) a muscle in the back of the thigh which helps to flex the leg. Origin C17: from L., two… …   English new terms dictionary