Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A muscle, constant in some animals, occasional in man, extending from the border of the latissimus dorsi to the ulna at or near the elbow.
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- noun anatomy A
slip ofmuscle that sometimes runs from the border of thelatissimus dorsi to theulna at or near theelbow
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Examples
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A fourth head from the inner part of the humerus; a slip between Triceps and Latissimus dorsi corresponding to the Dorso-epitrochlearis.
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Chondro-epitrochlearis is a muscular slip occasionally found arising from the costal cartilages or from the aponeurosis of the External oblique below the Pectoralis major or from the Pectoralis major itself.
IV. Myology. The Muscles Connecting the Upper Extremity to the Anterior and Lateral Thoracic Walls 1918
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