flexor Antonyms
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Meaning of flexor
Wordnet
flexor (n)
a skeletal muscle whose contraction bends a joint
Webster
flexor (n.)
A muscle which bends or flexes any part; as, the flexors of the arm or the hand; -- opposed to extensor.
flexor Sentence Examples
- The flexor muscles in your fingers allow you to bend them.
- The flexor tendons in the wrist are responsible for flexing the hand.
- The biceps brachii is a flexor muscle of the elbow.
- The hamstrings are flexor muscles of the knee.
- The plantar flexor muscles in the calf assist in walking and running.
- Flexor retinaculum is a ligament that holds the flexor tendons in place at the wrist.
- A flexor pollicis longus muscle helps to flex the thumb.
- The flexor carpi ulnaris muscle assists with flexing and adducting the wrist.
- Flexor digitorum profundus is a deep muscle in the forearm that flexes the fingers.
- The flexor digitorum superficialis muscle flexes the fingers at the proximal and middle joints.
FAQs About the word flexor
a skeletal muscle whose contraction bends a jointA muscle which bends or flexes any part; as, the flexors of the arm or the hand; -- opposed to extensor.
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The flexor muscles in your fingers allow you to bend them.
The flexor tendons in the wrist are responsible for flexing the hand.
The biceps brachii is a flexor muscle of the elbow.
The hamstrings are flexor muscles of the knee.
