单词 | pronator muscle |
释义 | > as lemmaspronator muscle 1. Anatomy and Zoology. A muscle that effects or assists in pronation; spec. either of two muscles of the forearm in humans: (a) (in full pronator teres, pronator radii teres) a superficial muscle that arises from the humerus and ulna and inserts into the radius; (b) (in full pronator quadratus, pronator radii quadratus) a deeper quadrilateral muscle of the distal forearm which arises from the ulna and inserts into the radius. Also pronator muscle. Cf. supinator n. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > structural parts > muscle > muscles of specific parts > [noun] > muscles of arm pronator1615 supinator1615 wrist-bender1634 bicepsa1641 teretipronator1657 pronator teres1713 teres major1713 teres minor1713 subanconeus1845 gun1973 1615 H. Crooke Μικροκοσμογραϕια x. xxv. 781 The first pronator of the wand or the square muscle... The round Pronator of the wand. 1698 W. Cowper Anat. Humane Bodies sig. Lliv/1 The Fore-part of the Radius, between the Pronator Radii Teres, and Flexor Pollicis Magnus. 1698 W. Cowper Anat. Humane Bodies sig. Lliv/1 It Grows Outwardly Tendinous before it passes over the Pronator Radii Quadratus. 1713 W. Cheselden Anat. Humane Body ii. iii. 66 Pronator Quadratus, arises from the lower Edge of the Ulna near the Carpus. 1771 Philos. Trans. 1770 (Royal Soc.) 60 323 The tendinous muscles..have much the same effect on the tail as the supinator and pronators have in turning the hand. 1826 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. IV. xliii. 172 It may seem that insects..cannot have the Supinator and Pronator muscles; but some muscle of this kind must be..in those that have a versatile head. 1858 H. Gray Anat. 254 The Pronator Radii Teres arises by two heads. 1873 St. G. Mivart Lessons Elem. Anat. viii. 294 The muscles of the fore-arm consist of pronators and supinators, flexors and extensors. 1910 Encycl. Brit. I. 942/1 The antecubital fossa..; its outer boundary is the brachio-radialis, its inner the pronator radii teres. 1960 D. C. Braungart & R. Buddeke Introd. Animal Biol. (ed. 5) xviii. 267 A rotator turns or rotates one part upon another; if the rotation is ventrad the muscle is a pronator. 1980 Gray's Anat. (ed. 36) v. 578/2 The deeper fibres of pronator quadratus oppose separation of the lower ends of the radius and ulna when upward thrusts are transmitted through the carpus. 2002 Massage & Bodywork June–July 37/2 Trigger points in the pronator teres and palmaris longus also cause forearm and hand symptoms that may be mistakenly diagnosed as carpal tunnel syndrome. < as lemmas |
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