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MUSCLE BELLY [7 records]

Record 1 2025-02-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Hygiene and Health
CONT

Body roundness index (BRI) is [an] anthropometric index developed to predict both body fat and the percentage of visceral adipose tissue.

CONT

Body roundness index(BRI) might be a more accurate measurement than body mass index(BMI) for predicting weight-related health risks... BMI has long been the standard to classify a person's body weight as too low, normal, overweight, or obese. While BMI often reflects a person's body fat amount, it doesn’t account for fat distribution or the amount of muscle mass.... BRI addresses these shortcomings by focusing on a person's height, waist size, and hip size. By taking weight out of the equation, BRI provides a better indicator of how much belly fat(visceral fat) surrounds the organs inside the abdomen. High amounts of belly fat are linked to high blood pressure, heart disease, diabetes, and some cancers.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Hygiène et santé

Spanish

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Record 2 2024-12-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Morphology and General Physiology
  • Bones and Joints
Universal entry(ies)
linea nuchalis suprema
Latin
A02.1.04.024
classification system code, see observation
DEF

A curved line that extends laterally from the superior margin of the external occipital protuberance[, which] gives origin to the occipital belly of the epicranius muscle.

OBS

highest nuchal line: designation derived from the Terminologia Anatomica.

OBS

A02.1.04.024: Terminologia Anatomica identifying number.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Morphologie et physiologie générale
  • Os et articulations
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
linea nuchalis suprema
Latin
A02.1.04.024
classification system code, see observation
DEF

Crête arciforme partant latéralement à partir du bord supérieur de la protubérance occipitale externe[, qui est le point d']insertion du [ventre occipital] du muscle épicrânien [...]

OBS

ligne nuchale suprême : désignation dérivée de la Terminologia Anatomica.

OBS

A02.1.04.024 : numéro d'identification de la Terminologia Anatomica.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Morfología y fisiología general
  • Huesos y articulaciones
Entrada(s) universal(es)
linea nuchalis suprema
Latin
A02.1.04.024
classification system code, see observation
OBS

línea nucal suprema: designación derivada de la Terminología Anatómica.

OBS

A02.1.04.024: número de identificación de la Terminología Anatómica.

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Record 3 2024-07-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Morphology and General Physiology
  • Muscles and Tendons
Universal entry(ies)
CONT

The occipitofrontalis muscle is composed of two muscular bellies divided by an epicranial aponeurosis. The occipital belly of the occipitofrontalis muscle arises from the supreme nuchal line of the occipital bone and may extend to the mastoid region of the temporal bone... The frontal belly of the occipitofrontalis muscle arises from the epicranial aponeurosis, near the coronal suture.

OBS

occipitofrontalis muscle; musculus occipitofrontalis: designations found in the Terminologia Anatomica.

Key term(s)
  • occipito-frontalis muscle
  • occipito-frontal muscle

French

Domaine(s)
  • Morphologie et physiologie générale
  • Muscles et tendons
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
CONT

Le muscle occipito-frontal («musculus occipitofrontalis») prend son origine sur les deux tiers latéraux de la ligne nuchale supérieure. C'est un muscle digastrique dont le tendon intermédiaire forme la galéa aponévrotique [...] Il est élévateur des sourcils.

OBS

muscle occipitofrontal : désignation dérivée de la Terminologia Anatomica.

OBS

musculus occipitofrontalis : désignation tirée de la Terminologia Anatomica.

Spanish

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Record 4 2022-08-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Morphology and General Physiology
  • Muscles and Tendons
Universal entry(ies)
DEF

A fleshy contractile part of a muscle.

OBS

belly of muscle; venter musculi : designations found in the Terminologia Anatomica.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Morphologie et physiologie générale
  • Muscles et tendons
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
OBS

ventre du muscle : désignation dérivée de la Terminologia Anatomica.

OBS

venter musculi : désignation tirée de la Terminologia Anatomica.

Spanish

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Record 5 2018-02-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Symptoms (Medicine)
  • Musculoskeletal System
DEF

A sign of rupture of the long head of the biceps in which the muscle belly is shortened and rolled up into a mass in the distal third of the arm.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Symptômes (Médecine)
  • Appareil locomoteur (Médecine)
DEF

Signe de rupture du tendon du long biceps caractérisé par la tuméfaction du biceps rétracté en boule à la partie inférieure du bras.

OBS

Il s'agit d'une tuméfaction du volume d'un œuf de pigeon à celui d'une orange, de consistance molle, qui ne disparaît pas complètement lors de l'extension de l'avant-bras sur le bras et qui augmente lors de la flexion. Cette tuméfaction anormale correspond à la longue portion du biceps qui est détendue par suite de la rupture tendineuse.

OBS

Déformation en boule du biceps.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Síntomas (Medicina)
  • Sistema musculoesquelético (Medicina)
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Record 6 2011-01-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Nervous System
CONT

Muscle spindles are found within the belly of muscles and run in parallel with the main muscle fibres. The spindle senses muscle length and changes in length. It has sensory nerve terminals whose discharge rate increases as the sensory ending is stretched. This nerve terminal is known as the annulospiral ending, so named because it is composed of a set of rings in a spiral configuration.

Key term(s)
  • annulospiral organ

French

Domaine(s)
  • Système nerveux
CONT

En dehors des fibres musculaires ordonnées au déplacement des segments osseux, il existe des formations particulières les " fuseaux neuro-musculaires que Barker divise en deux catégories : a) les fibres à bague, grêles, dont la striation s'interrompt à la partie équatoriale où se trouve la terminaison annulo-spirale, sensible à de très faibles variations de tension (de l'ordre du gramme chez le chat). Elle donne naissance à une fibre myélinisée de gros diamètre (12 à 20 microns),à conduction rapide Fibre I a de Lodd. [...]

Spanish

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Record 7 2006-08-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Muscles and Tendons
CONT

Infraspinatus Tendon. Infraspinatus is one of the rotator cuff muscles and contributes to external rotation of the shoulder joint. The belly of the muscle lies below the spine of the scapula. Its tendon runs over the back of the shoulder joint, fastening to the back of the greater tuberosity of the head of the humerus.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Muscles et tendons
CONT

Le patient tourne le dos à l'examinateur, la paume de la main sur l'épaule opposée ou le bras tendu en rotation interne, pour analyser le tendon du sous-épineux sous tension. Dans cette position, ce tendon s'enroule autour de la tête humérale.

Key term(s)
  • tendon sous épineux

Spanish

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