triceps brachii
Americanplural noun
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With this motor neuron being inhibited, the triceps brachii relaxes.
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As the biceps brachii contracts, the antagonistic triceps brachii needs to relax.
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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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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 John Victor Lacroix
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