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triceps
DEFINITIONS OF:
triceps
1
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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