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triceps

DEFINITIONS OF: triceps

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n any skeletal muscle having three origins (but especially the triceps brachii)

Types:
musculus triceps brachii, triceps brachii
the skeletal muscle having three origins that extends the forearm when it contracts
Type of:
skeletal muscle, striated muscle
a muscle that is connected at either or both ends to a bone and so move parts of the skeleton; a muscle that is characterized by transverse stripes
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