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 ...
The long head extends from its origin on the superglenoid tubercle of the scapula and passes over the head of the humerus before merging with the short head.... Click to read more below. The long head of the biceps brachii muscle is the larger of the two muscle bodies that forms the entire biceps brachii muscle. The biceps brachii gets its name from the Latin words for âtwo-headedâ and âarmâ which describe its structure and location.