triceps of the arm

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• Posterior compartment of the arm — Infobox Anatomy Name = PAGENAME Latin = GraySubject = GrayPage = Caption = Cross section through the middle of upper arm. Caption2 = Precursor = System = Artery = profunda brachii Vein = Nerve = muscular branches of the radial nerve Lymph =… …   Wikipedia

• Triceps — The triceps muscle extends (straightens) the elbow. Its full name is the triceps brachii. It can be felt as the tense muscle in the back of the upper arm while doing push ups. Its full name is the triceps brachii. The triceps has three heads, or… …   Medical dictionary

• Triceps reflex — The triceps reflex, a deep tendon reflex, is a reflex as it involuntary contraction of the triceps brachii muscle. It is initiated by the Cervical (of the neck region) spinal nerve 7 nerve root (the small segment of the nerve that emerges from… …   Wikipedia

• Triceps brachii muscle — Muscle infobox Name = Triceps brachii Latin = musculus triceps brachii GraySubject = 124 GrayPage = 444 Caption = Triceps brachii | Italic text what how great Caption2 = Origin = long head: scapula lateral head: posterior humerus medial head:… …   Wikipedia

• Arm — This article is about the upper part of the human upper limb. For other uses, see Arm (disambiguation). Arm The human arm …   Wikipedia

• arm — arm1 armed, adj. armlike, adj. /ahrm/, n. 1. the upper limb of the human body, esp. the part extending from the shoulder to the wrist. 2. the upper limb from the shoulder to the elbow. 3. the forelimb of any vertebrate. 4. some part of an… …   Universalium

• ARM — adjustable rate mortgage. * * * I Upper limb of a biped, particularly a primate. Primate arms have one long bone, the humerus, in the upper arm above the elbow, and two thinner bones, the radius and ulna, in the forearm. The triceps muscle… …   Universalium

• Arm — Armenian. * * * I Upper limb of a biped, particularly a primate. Primate arms have one long bone, the humerus, in the upper arm above the elbow, and two thinner bones, the radius and ulna, in the forearm. The triceps muscle straightens the… …   Universalium

• triceps muscle — ▪ anatomy  any muscle with three heads, or points of origin, particularly the large extensor along the back of the upper arm in humans. It originates just below the socket of the scapula (shoulder blade) and at two distinct areas of the humerus,… …   Universalium

• triceps brachii — noun The triceps in the upper arm. Syn: triceps, triceps extensor cubiti …   Wiktionary

• triceps — [[t]tra͟ɪseps[/t]] N COUNT (triceps is both the singular and the plural form.) Your triceps is the muscle in the back part of your upper arm …   English dictionary