What is the derivation of triceps?

Anonymous

∙ 17y ago

Updated: 8/16/2019

"Tri" is the Latin for three. "Ceps" means head. The triceps muscle, found on the back part of the upper arm, has three "heads" or spots where it attaches to the bone. The triceps is the opposing muscle for the biceps, which has "two-heads."

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∙ 17y ago

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