Medical Definition of Caput longum

1. The head that has the more proximal origin. Nomina Anatomica lists long heads (caput longum...) of the following: 1) biceps brachii muscle (... Musculi bicipitis brachii ); 2) biceps femoris muscle (... Musculi bicipitis femoris ); 3) triceps brachii muscle (... Musculi tricipitis brachii ). Synonym: caput longum. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Caput Longum

caput costae
caput epididymidis
caput epididymis
caput femoris
caput fibulae
caput humerale
caput humerale musculi flexoris carpi ulnaris
caput humerale musculi pronatoris teretis
caput humeri
caput humeroulnare musculi flexoris digitorum superificialis
caput infraorbitale quadrati labii superioris
caput laterale musculi gastrocnemii
caput laterale musculi tricipitis brachii
caput longum (current term)
caput longum musculi bicipitis brachii
caput longum musculi bicipitis femoris
caput longum musculi tricipitis brachii
caput mallei
caput mandibulae
caput mediale
caput mediale musculi gastrocnemii
caput mediale musculi tricipitis brachii
caput medusae
caput mortuum
caput nuclei caudati
caput obliquum
caput obliquum musculi adductoris hallucis
caput obliquum musculi adductoris pollicis

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