triceps

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triceps

triceps at rest when forearm is at rest triceps fully relaxed when forearm is raised (Carlyn Iverson)

[From Latin, three-headed : tri-, tri- + caput, head.]

A muscle that has three heads of origin. See also triceps brachii.

Triceps brachii

A muscle having three heads; the triceps muscle of the forearm extends the forearm.

• t. reflex — contraction of the belly of the triceps muscle and slight extension of the forelimb when the tendon of the muscle is tapped directly, with the forelimb flexed and fully supported and relaxed.

Dansk (Danish)
n. - triceps

Nederlands (Dutch)
triceps (driehoofdige armspier)

Français (French)
n. - (Anat) triceps

Deutsch (German)
n. - Triceps (dreiköpfiger Oberarmmuskel)

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - ο τρικέφαλος μυς

Italiano (Italian)
tricipite

Português (Portuguese)
n. - tríceps (m)

Русский (Russian)
трицепс, трехглавая мышца

Español (Spanish)
n. - del tríceps, tríceps

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - triceps

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
三头肌

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 三頭肌

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 3두근

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 三頭筋, 上腕三頭筋
adj. - 三頭の

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) عضله في مؤخرة ألعضد, ثلاثيه ألرؤؤس,‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮שריר תלת-ראשי‬

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