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forearm
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Forearm \Fore*arm"\, v. t.
To arm or prepare for attack or resistance before the time of
need.
--South.
Forearm \Fore"arm`\, n. (Anat.) That part of the arm or fore limb between the elbow and wrist; the antibrachium.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Wiktionary
n. 1 The part of the arm between the wrist and the elbow. 2 (context firearms English) A section of the weapon between the receiver and the muzzle, used to hold the firearm steady. vb. To arm in preparation.
WordNet
n. the part of the superior limb between the elbow and the wrist
v. arm in advance of a confrontation
Wikipedia
The forearm refers to the region of the upper limb between the elbow and the wrist. The term forearm is used in anatomy to distinguish it from the arm, a word which is most often used to describe the entire appendage of the upper limb, but which in anatomy, technically, means only the region of the upper arm, whereas the lower "arm" is called the forearm. It is homologous to the region of the leg that lies between the knee and the ankle joints, the crus.
The forearm contains two long bones, the radius and the ulna, forming the radioulnar joint. The interosseous membrane connects these bones. Ultimately, the forearm is covered by skin, the anterior surface usually being less hairy than the posterior surface.
The forearm contains many muscles, including the flexors and extensors of the digits, a flexor of the elbow ( brachioradialis), and pronators and supinators that turn the hand to face down or upwards, respectively. In cross-section the forearm can be divided into two fascial compartments. The posterior compartment contains the extensors of the hands, which are supplied by the radial nerve. The anterior compartment contains the flexors, and is mainly supplied by the median nerve. The ulnar nerve also runs the length of the forearm.
The radial and ulnar arteries and their branches supply the blood to the forearm. These usually run on the anterior face of the radius and ulna down the whole forearm. The main superficial veins of the forearm are the cephalic, median antebrachial and the basilic vein. These veins can be used for cannularisation or venipuncture, although the cubital fossa is a preferred site for getting blood.
Forearm (Michael McCain) is a fictional mutant villain appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. As a member of the Mutant Liberation Front, Forearm has always been a mainstay on the terrorist group's roster, even staying through leader changes and incarceration.
In firearms, the forearm (also known as handguard or forestock) is a section of the weapon between the receiver and the muzzle. It is used to hold the firearm steady and is usually made out of wood or composite material. Near the front of the forearm there is often a barrel-band to secure the forearm to the barrel, as seen in the photo at right.
Some forearms are equipped with heat shields to protect the user from heat radiating from the barrel when the firearm is fired.
Category:Firearm components
Forearm may refer to:
- Forearm, the structure and distal region of the upper limb
- Forearm (firearm component), the component of a firearm between the receiver and the muzzle
- Forearm (comics), a fictional Marvel villain also known as Michael McCain
Usage examples of "forearm".
Grandmother Adelia reclines on a chaise, a heavy-lidded, handsome woman, in many draperies and a long double string of pearls and a plunging, lace-bordered neckline, her white forearms boneless as rolled chicken.
Like a drug user who loses veins after repeated needle sticks, Lia eventually lost the antecubital veins in both forearms and the saphenous vein above her left ankle after doctors frantically searching for needle placement cut them open and tied them off.
Had he not himself battled for the grisly forearm of a great ape at that long-gone Dum-Dum, when he had slain the fierce Tublat and won his niche in the respect of the Apes of Kerchak?
One foot resting on the wrought-iron bench, forearm propped on his thigh, Harry watched Arcadia through the shop window while he finished the conversation with his old associate in LA.
Havel drew his backsword and lifted his shield off the saddlebow, sliding his left forearm into the loops.
Unbelievers, they had foolishly bet Haas five bucks apiece that his wife did not have a tattoo on her forearm.
The Capuan rolled, jumped to his feet, and slashed his attacker across the right forearm.
He pushed its sleeves toward his elbows, and the corded muscles of his tanned forearms bulged as his long fingers coaxed the cork from a bottle of Chianti classico.
Stern focused on the crossarm high above his head and redoubled his efforts, scraping both cheeks and inner forearms as he struggled upward.
He delt with the forearm first, wrapping a bandage from his THE CUBE combat vest over the sliced skin and stopping the bleeding.
A tail bigger around than her forearm reared up, amber-colored rattles shaking, as the mutie diamondback prepared to strike.
She kept the young man lapping sparkling tonic water out of a bowl at her foot like a pet dog while she talked to other Doms, occasionally slapping him on the ass with a sharp quirt she carried, tucked into a metal band on her forearm.
Ullmer glanced through the tangle of curly hair on his forearm at his old windup Breitling, the only kind of decoration he would allow his people in the secluded hangars and workshops near Elmira, New York, which NSA people called the Snake Pit.
They wore a bewildering variety of strange clothing: shifts stamped with colored patterns, feathers adorning their hair, sheaths studded with beads and colored stones bound around forearms and calves.
His hands are too widespread to extract him by means of the portable gates -- that is, unless we are willing to sacrifice his forearms, a decision I am not ready to make.