4. material used in closing a wound with stitches.suÂ´tural. absorbable suture a strand of material used for closing wounds which is subsequently dissolved by the tissue fluids. apposition suture a superficial suture used for exact approximation of the cutaneous edges of a wound. approximation suture a deep suture for securing apposition of the deep tissue of a wound.
: a muscle having two heads: asa also biceps brachii \-ËbrÄ-kÄ-ËÄ, -ËÄ«\ play or biceps flexor cubiti \-Ëflek-ËsoÌr-ËkyÃ¼-bÉ-ËtÄ«, -bÉt-Ä\ play : the large flexor muscle of the front of the upper arm arising by its short head from the coracoid process and by its long head from the upper margin of the glenoid cavity and being inserted into the ...
triceps brachii. The muscle of the posterior arm with three points of origin (one on the scapula, two on the humerus) and one insertion on the ulna. It extends the forearm and is controlled by the radial nerve. See: arm for illus.