triceps brachii
Americanplural noun
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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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The patient must switch between the opposing muscles, like the biceps and triceps brachii, to move their finger from the target to their nose.
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With this motor neuron being inhibited, the triceps brachii relaxes.
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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 radial nerve supplies branches to the three heads of the triceps brachii, to the common and lateral extensors of the digit and also to the skin covering the forearm.
From Lameness of the Horse Veterinary Practitioners' Series, No. 1 by Lacroix, John Victor
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