Definition of Flexor muscle

1. Noun. A skeletal muscle whose contraction bends a joint.

Exact synonyms: Flexor
Generic synonyms: Skeletal Muscle, Striated Muscle
Antonyms: Extensor

Lexicographical Neighbors of Flexor Muscle

flexomagnetic
flexomagnetoelectric
flexon
flexons
flexor
flexor carpi radialis
flexor carpi ulnaris
flexor digiti minimi brevis muscle of foot
flexor digiti minimi brevis muscle of hand
flexor digitorum brevis
flexor digitorum longus
flexor digitorum profundus
flexor digitorum superficialis
flexor hallucis brevis
flexor hallucis longus
flexor muscle (current term)
flexor pollicis brevis
flexor pollicis longus
flexor reflex
flexor retinaculum
flexor retinaculum of forearm
flexor retinaculum of lower limb
flexors
flextime
flextimer
flextimers
flextimes
flexuose
flexuous
flexuously

Literary usage of Flexor muscle

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1883)
"The variability in the size of the amplitude of the flexor muscle potential from ... with increases in the amplitude of the flexor muscle action potentials, ..."

2. Medical Record by George Frederick Shrady, Thomas Lathrop Stedman (1895)
"In apes the muscular fibres of the long flexor muscle of the thumb and of the deep flexor of the fingers are more or less intimately blended, ..."

3. A Dictionary of medical terminology, dental surgery, and the collateral sciences by Chapin Aaron Harris, Ferdinand James Samuel Gorgas (1882)
"A flexor muscle ol'tlie toes, situated at the middle part of the foot. Flexor Brevis Minimi Digiti Pedia A flexor muscle of the ..."

4. A Treatise on Anatomy, Physiology, and Hygiene: Designed for the Colleges by Calvin Cutter (1858)
"68, The long flexor muscle of the great toe 59, The short extensor muscles ... 47, The short flexor muscle of the toes. The figures and letters on the left ..."

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