ANCONEOUS MUSCLE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does anconeous muscle mean? 

• ANCONEOUS MUSCLE (noun)
  The noun ANCONEOUS MUSCLE has 1 sense:

1. the muscle that extends the forearm and abducts the ulna in pronation of the wrist

  Familiarity information: ANCONEOUS MUSCLE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ANCONEOUS MUSCLE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The muscle that extends the forearm and abducts the ulna in pronation of the wrist

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

anconeous muscle; musculus anconeus

Hypernyms ("anconeous muscle" is a kind of...):

skeletal muscle; striated muscle (a muscle that is connected at either or both ends to a bone and so move parts of the skeleton; a muscle that is characterized by transverse stripes)

Holonyms ("anconeous muscle" is a part of...):

forearm (the part of the superior limb between the elbow and the wrist)