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Biceps

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The biceps is a muscle that has two heads or origins.

In Latin, biceps means two-headed and is derived from 'bis', twice + 'caput', head.</P> There is more than one biceps muscle.

The biceps brachii is the well-known flexor muscle in the upper arm and bulges when the arm is bent in a C-shape with the fist toward the forehead.

The biceps femoris is in the back of the thigh.

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