Definition of Anconeus. Meaning of Anconeus. Synonyms of Anconeus

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Definition of Anconeus

Anconeus
Anconeus An*co"ne*us, n. [NL., fr. L. ancon elbow.] (Anat.) A muscle of the elbow and forearm.

Meaning of Anconeus from wikipedia

- The anconeus muscle (or anconaeus/anconæus) is a small muscle on the posterior aspect of the elbow joint. Some consider anconeus to be a continuation of...
- epitrochleoanconeus muscle (anconeous epitrochlearis muscle, anconeus-epitrochlearis or anconeus ****tus) is a small accessory muscle of the arm which runs...
- tendon radiates into the fascia of the forearm and can almost cover the anconeus muscle. All three heads of the triceps brachii are classically believed...
- compartment, but it is actually in the anterior portion of the forearm. The anconeus is considered by some as a part of the posterior compartment of the arm...
- input directly from the radial nerve. The other three are the triceps, anconeus, and extensor carpi radialis longus. (All other posterior compartment muscles...
- part of the flexor carpi ulnaris arises; while to the lateral border the anconeus is attached. The coronoid process is a triangular eminence projecting forward...
- extension. The muscles of this compartment are the triceps brachii and anconeus muscle and these are innervated by the radial nerve. Their blood supply...
- actually a muscle of flexor / anterior compartment of the forearm. The anconeus, ****isting in extension of the elbow joint, is by some considered part...
- Osteophyte Small marginal osteophytes (arrows) of the processus anconeus of the ulna can be seen in this gross pathological specimen of a sow. Specialty...
- motor innervation to the dorsal arm muscles (the triceps brachii and the anconeus) and the extrinsic extensors of the wrists and hands; it also provides...