a corresponding part, such as a wing, in an animal
3. biology
a branching or armlike part
Word origin
C18: New Latin, from Latin bracchium arm, from Greek brakhiōn
Examples of 'brachia' in a sentence
brachia
Biceps brachia active states are evaluated by a special muscle balance solver.
Valdmanová L., Čechová H. 2011, 'Use of electromyography measurement in human body modeling', Applied and Computational Mechanicshttp://www.kme.zcu.cz/acm/index.php/acm/article/view/135/88. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The spatial expression of nrf3 suggested a role in regulating the development of the brain, brachia and pectoral fins.
Larissa M Williams, Alicia R Timme-Laragy, Jared V Goldstone, Andrew G McArthur, JohnJ Stegeman, Roxanna M Smolowitz, Mark E Hahn 2013, 'Developmental expression of the Nfe2-related factor (Nrf) transcription factor familyin the zebrafish, Danio rerio.', PLoS ONEhttp://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3840143?pdf=render. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)