triceps brachii
Americanplural noun
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The extensors are the triceps brachii and anconeus.
From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013
In response to this stimulation from the sensory neuron, the interneuron then inhibits the motor neuron that controls the triceps brachii.
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A collateral branch of the sensory axon would inhibit another ventral horn motor neuron so that the triceps brachii do not contract and slow the withdrawal down.
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The origin and/or insertion can also be features used to name a muscle; examples are the biceps brachii, triceps brachii, and the pectoralis major.
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However, radial paralysis is encountered following injury to the nerve occasioned by its being stretched, as in cases where the triceps brachii is unduly extended in restraining subjects by means of a casting harness.
From Lameness of the Horse Veterinary Practitioners' Series, No. 1 by Lacroix, John Victor
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