Chronic inflammation of the bicipital bursa is occasionally met with wherein both members are affected. From Wordnik.com. [Lameness of the Horse Veterinary Practitioners' Series, No. 1] Reference
Because of the exposed position of the bicipital bursa (bursa-intertubercularis) it is occasionally injured. From Wordnik.com. [Lameness of the Horse Veterinary Practitioners' Series, No. 1] Reference
On the bicipital border of the vein is seen the internal cutaneous nerve; on the tricipital border is the nerve of. From Wordnik.com. [Surgical Anatomy] Reference
Proximally, the head is ovoid with a narrow bicipital groove. From Wordnik.com. [PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles] Reference
Integument and fascia, bicipital fascia, median basilic vein, median nerve. From Wordnik.com. [An Epitome of Practical Surgery, for Field and Hospital.] Reference
The inter-tubercular (bicipital) groove looks forward, and lies in a line drawn vertically through the biceps muscle. From Wordnik.com. [Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition.] Reference
It corresponds almost exactly to the bicipital groove, and has the advantage of avoiding the great vessels and nerves. From Wordnik.com. [A Manual of the Operations of Surgery For the Use of Senior Students, House Surgeons, and Junior Practitioners] Reference
By The Time I Get to Cipital -- My bout of bicipital tendonitis has recurred after a couple of years of relative quiet. From Wordnik.com. [The ADD Blog at Comic Book Galaxy] Reference
Its lips are called, respectively, the crests of the greater and lesser tubercles (bicipital ridges), and form the upper parts of the anterior and medial borders of the body of the bone. From Wordnik.com. [II. Osteology. 6a. 3. The Humerus] Reference
The tubercles are separated from each other by a deep groove, the intertubercular groove (bicipital groove), which lodges the long tendon of the Biceps brachii and transmits a branch of the anterior humeral circumflex artery to the shoulder-joint. From Wordnik.com. [II. Osteology. 6a. 3. The Humerus] Reference
The shoulder, having lost the buttressing support of the clavicle, falls in towards the chest wall, narrowing the axillary space, while the weight of the arm pulls it downward, and the muscles inserted in the region of the bicipital groove pull it forward. From Wordnik.com. [Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition.] Reference
The artery is superficial throughout its entire extent, being covered, in front, by the integument and the superficial and deep fasciæ; the lacertus fibrosus (bicipital fascia) lies in front of it opposite the elbow and separates it from the vena mediana cubiti; the median nerve crosses from its lateral to its medial side opposite the insertion of the Coracobrachialis. From Wordnik.com. [VI. The Arteries. 4b. 2. The Brachial Artery] Reference
As it descends through the arm, it lies at first lateral to the brachial artery; about the level of the insertion of the Coracobrachialis it crosses the artery, usually in front of, but occasionally behind it, and lies on its medial side at the bend of the elbow, where it is situated behind the lacertus fibrosus (bicipital fascia), and is separated from the elbow-joint by the Brachialis. From Wordnik.com. [IX. Neurology. 6b. The Anterior Divisions] Reference
The head leaves the capsule through the rent made in its lower part, and, either from a continuation of the force or from contraction of the muscles inserted into the inter-tubercular (bicipital) groove, particularly the great pectoral, passes medially under cover of the biceps and coraco-brachialis till it comes to rest against the anterior surface of the neck of the scapula, just below the coracoid process. From Wordnik.com. [Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition.] Reference
For example, in fracture immediately below the lesser trochanter of the femur, the ilio-psoas tends to tilt the upper fragment forward and laterally; in supra-condylar fracture of the femur, the muscles of the calf pull the lower fragment back towards the popliteal space; and in fracture of the humerus above the deltoid insertion, the muscles inserted into the inter-tubercular (bicipital) groove adduct the upper fragment. From Wordnik.com. [Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition.] Reference
(flexor brachii) and the intertubercular or bicipital groove a heavy cartilaginous pad, which is a part of the bursa of the biceps brachii. From Wordnik.com. [Lameness of the Horse Veterinary Practitioners' Series, No. 1] Reference
Inflammation of the bicipital bursa, 68. From Wordnik.com. [Lameness of the Horse Veterinary Practitioners' Series, No. 1] Reference
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