biceps brachii

A muscle in the forelimb stylopod which in humans has several functions, the most important being to rotate the forearm and to flex the elbow. [WP,unvetted]. Every claim on this page comes from the Leumas anatomy graph and carries its source.

What the biceps brachii is

A muscle in the forelimb stylopod which in humans has several functions, the most important being to rotate the forearm and to flex the elbow. [WP,unvetted]. The atlas records it as a muscle at the organ scale in the human body.

Where the biceps brachii is

It sits in the upper limb, within the muscular system. Positioned deliberately as part of this species body plan.

What the biceps brachii connects to

The atlas records 11 typed relationships for it, across 8 kinds of connection. part of forelimb stylopod.

Supply and innervation

Innervation: musculocutaneous nerve.

Also called

Also recorded as biceps, biceps brachii %26 brachialis muscles, biceps brachii muscle, biceps cubiti, biceps muscle and musculus biceps brachii. Searching any of those names reaches this page.

Source

Uberon multi-species anatomy ontology (Mungall et al.), CC BY 4.0. Term UBERON:0001507, version 2026-06-19, retrieved 2026-08-24. Licence: CC-BY-4.0.

• Part of: forelimb stylopod.
• A kind of: forelimb stylopod muscle.
• Attaches to: tendon of biceps brachii.
• contains: long head of biceps brachii, short head of biceps brachii and skeletal muscle tissue of biceps brachii.
• originates from: coracoid process of scapula and supraglenoid tubercle.
• antagonist of: triceps brachii.
• Innervated by: musculocutaneous nerve.
• inserts into: radius bone.

Questions

Where is the biceps brachii?

It sits in the upper limb, within the muscular system. Positioned deliberately as part of this species body plan.

What does the biceps brachii connect to?

Part of: forelimb stylopod.

Is the biceps brachii the same in other species?

Leumas holds the same relationship vocabulary for every species it carries, so where another dataset records this structure you can put the two side by side on /compare.