flexor

Noun

Meaning

A muscle which bends or flexes any part; as, the flexors of the arm or the hand; -- opposed to extensor.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

flexor muscle bender roper turner buckler crawler twister tipper contractor extensor sphincter deflector doubler stretcher flexure

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Antonyms

extensor locker stiffener bracer smooth muscle straightener

Hypernyms

skeletal muscle striated muscle

Phrases with the word

hip flexor abdominal flexor muscles flexor pollucis longus flexor digitorum communis flexor digitorum longus flexor hallucis longus

Examples

An important plantar flexor, it is crucial for ballet dancing. Source: Internet

But the forearm started to stiffen early the next year, and he was diagnosed with a strained flexor tendon, and by early June he was on Dr. Christopher Ahmad’s operating table. Source: Internet

Because the tendons of the flexor digitorum longus run between these tendons, the brevis is sometimes called perforatus. Source: Internet

Deep flexor muscles straighten the terminal phalanges, so the claws protrude from their sheaths, and the soft "velvety" paw becomes suddenly converted into a formidable weapon. Source: Internet

Except for being an adductor, it is a lateral rotator and weak flexor of the hip joint. Source: Internet

It is also known as flexor accessorius. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

flexomagnetoelectric flexometallic flexon flexor carpi radialis flexor carpi ulnaris flexor digitorum communis