The triceps brachii muscle (Latin for 'three-headed' muscle of the arm, it is called a three headed muscle because there are three bundles of muscle, each of different origin, joining together at the elbow) is the large muscle on the back of the human upper limb. It is the muscle principally responsible for extension of the elbow joint (i.e. straightening of the arm). Though a similarly-named muscle, the triceps surae, is found on the lower leg, the triceps brachii is commonly called simply the 'triceps'. [WP,unvetted]. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triceps_brachii_muscle ]
Synonyms: triceps triceps brachii muscle
Term information
- SCTID:181623009
- VHOG:0000851
- EMAPA:19111
- MA:0002399
- Wikipedia:Triceps_brachii_muscle
- FMA:37688
- EHDAA2:0002080
- NCIT:C33812
- NCIT:C90604
- EHDAA:8287
uberon_slim, pheno_slim, human_reference_atlas
Term relations
- forelimb stylopod muscle
- scapular muscle
- muscle of shoulder
- has muscle insertion some olecranon
- innervated_by some axillary nerve
- has muscle origin some humerus
- innervated_by some radial nerve
- has muscle antagonist some biceps brachii
- has muscle origin some scapula