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 ...
Anatomy and supply. The triceps brachii (triceps) is a large, three-headed muscle of the upper arm. 1  long head: originates at the infraglenoid tubercle of the scapula. 2  From there it courses between the teres major and teres minor and divides the axillary space into two halves.