ANCO
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- Written by: Ephraïm Chambers
- Category: Unclassified
ANCO, or Ancon, the Tip of the Elbow; or the backward and larger Process of the Cubitus. See CUBITUS.
The Ancon is the same with what the Greeks call Ὠλέκρανον. See OLECRANON. And hence, Anconaeus Muscle, in Anatomy, the sixth Muscle of the Elbow; so called, as being situated behind the Folds of the Ancon or Elbow. It arises from the back part of the Extremities of the Humerus, passes over the Elbow, and is inserted into the lateral and internal Part of the Cubitus; about three or four Fingers Breadth above the Olecranon.—Its use is to assist in extending the Arm.