Definition of Biceps. Meaning of Biceps. Synonyms of Biceps

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Definition of Biceps

Biceps
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.

Meaning of Biceps from wikipedia

- The biceps or biceps brachii (Latin: musculus biceps brachii, "two-headed muscle of the arm") is a large muscle that lies on the front of the upper arm...
- Look up biceps in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Biceps is a muscle located on the inside of the upper arm. Biceps may also refer to: Biceps femoris...
- The biceps femoris (/ˈbaɪsɛps ˈfɛmərɪs/) is a muscle of the thigh located to the posterior, or back. As its name implies, it consists of two heads; the...
- the knee: from medial to lateral, the semimembranosus, semitendinosus and biceps femoris. The word "ham" is derived from the Old English “ham” or “hom” meaning...
- biceps tendon rupture or bicep tear is a complete or partial rupture of a tendon of the biceps brachii muscle. It can affect any of the three biceps brachii...
- order to make their biceps stronger. The bicep curl mainly targets the biceps brachii, brachialis and brachioradialis muscles. The biceps is stronger at elbow...
- Biceps reflex is a deep tendon reflex (DTR) test (also known as a muscle-stretch reflex test) that examines the function of the C5 reflex arc and the C6...
- is a muscle in the upper arm that flexes the elbow. It lies beneath the biceps brachii, and makes up part of the floor of the region known as the cubital...
- stretches toward the front into the attachment point of the long head of the biceps tendon. SLAP is an acronym for "Superior Labrum Anterior and Posterior"...
- supraglenoid tubercle is a region of the sca**** from which the long head of the biceps brachii muscle originates. It is a small, rough projection superior to the...