bipenniform /bi·pen·ni·form/ (bi-pen´ĭ-form) doubly feather-shaped; said of muscles whose fibers are arranged on each side of a tendon like barbs on a feather shaft.
bipenniform
bi·pen·ni·form (b -p n  -fôrm )adj. Bipennate. |
bipenniform
[bīpen′ifôrm′]
Etymology: L, bis + penna, feather, forma, form
(of body structure) having the bilateral symmetry of a feather, such as the pattern formed by the fasciculi that converge on both sides of a muscle tendon in the rectus femoris. Compare multipenniform, penniform, radiate.
bipenniform
doubly feather-shaped; said of muscles whose fibers are arranged on each side of a tendon like barbs on a feather shaft.
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