biceps brachii
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of biceps brachii
1855–60: < New Latin: literally, biceps of (the) arm
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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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An example of this is the biceps brachii muscle contracting when a hand weight is brought upward with increasing muscle tension.
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Other muscle names can provide information as to how many origins a particular muscle has, such as the biceps brachii.
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In this case, as tension is released from the biceps brachii, the angle of the elbow joint increases.
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Thus it is seen, the biceps brachii is a weight bearing structure, as well as one that has to do with swinging the leg.
From Lameness of the Horse Veterinary Practitioners' Series, No. 1 by John Victor Lacroix
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