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Triceps brachii
Other Terms:
Musculus triceps brachii,
Muscle triceps brachial
Muscle parts
Long head; Lateral head; Medial or deep head
Latin name
Musculus triceps brachii
Latin muscle parts
Caput longum; Caput laterale; Caput mediale or profundum
Group
Brachial muscle – posterior compartment
Etymology
In English, the muscle’s name is the three-headed muscle of the arm. The term triceps comes from the Latin words tris meaning “two” and caput meaning “head.” The Latin term brachium derives from the Greek brachion meaning “arm,” in reference to the region of the upper limb between the shoulder and the elbow.
Origin
Infraglenoid tubercle of scapula and joint capsule of the shoulder (long head), oblique ridge in the upper half of the posterior humeral shaft (lateral head), posterior and medial surfaces of the humeral shaft below the point of insertion of the teres major to just proximal to the trochlea (medial head)
Insertion
Upper surface of the olecranon process of ulna and the antebrachial fascia
Action
Extension of the elbow joint; assist with extension of the shoulder especially when the arm is flexed; long head helps stabilize the bottom of the shoulder joint
Nerve supply
Radial nerve (C6, C7, and C8)
Blood supply
From proximal to distal, the muscle receives blood from the posterior circumflex humeral artery, muscular branches from the profunda brachii artery, the superior and inferior ulnar collateral arteries, and the recurrent interosseous artery.
Latin
Musculus triceps brachii
French
Muscle triceps brachial
