SUPINATOR

(Lat.), n. m. Su2p(su4p)-i2n(en)-at(a3 2r. Gen., t)'p or'is. Fr., sup in at eur. Ger., Riicklingswender, Ruckwartsdreher, Ruck warts wen der. A muscle that effects or a ists in supination of the forearm. [L, 343.] S. brevis. See S. radii brevis. S. brevis acce orius. See BRACH I OF AS CIALIS. S. long us. See S. radii long us. S. long us acce orius. An offshoot of the s. long us inserted independently into the radius or occasionally into the ulna. [L, 332.] S. radii brevis. Ger.. kurzer Ruckwartsdreher. A muscle which arises from the outer and lower portion of the ulna and the adjacent ligaments and, after pa ing around the upper portion of the radius, is inserted into the outer and palmar surfaces of that bone in its middle third. [L, 31, 142, 332.] S. radii long us. Fr., elevateur epicondylo-radial. Ger., langer Ruckwdrtswender, Armspeichenmuskel. A muscle arising from the external supra condylar ridge of the humerus and inserted into the lower end of the radius near the styloid proce . [L, 31, 142, 332.] S. superior. See Biceps FLEXOR cubiti. [s. 571]