BICEPS

Biceps

In human anatomy, the biceps brachii, commonly known as the biceps, is a two-headed muscle that lies on the upper arm between the shoulder and the elbow. Both heads arise on the scapula and join to form a single muscle belly which is attached to the upper forearm. While the biceps crosses both the shoulder and elbow joints, its main function is at the latter where it flexes the elbow and supinates the forearm. Both these movements are used when opening a bottle with a corkscrew: first biceps unscrews the cork, then it pulls the cork out .

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biceps

Noun

  1. Any muscle having two heads.
  2. Specifically, the biceps brachii, the flexor of the elbow.
  3. The upper arm, especially the collective muscles of the upper arm.
  4. A point in a metrical pattern that can be filled either with one long syllable (a longum) or two short syllables (two brevia)


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