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 brachialis (brachialis anticus) is a muscle in the upper arm that flexes the elbow joint. It lies deeper than the biceps brachii, and is a synergist that assists the biceps brachii in flexing at the elbow.It makes up part of the floor of the region known as the cubital fossa.he brachialis muscle and brachial muscle can be considered as the anglicized variant of the Latin expression musculus bracchialis. In classical Latin bracchialis means of or belonging to the arm, and is derived from classical Latin bracchium ,arm.