extensor
Origin of extensor
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How to use extensor in a sentence
Those muscles which bend the body are called flexors; those which straighten it, extensors.
A Treatise on Domestic Economy | Catherine Esther BeecherPossible preservations of extensors and flexors in Ceraurus.
The Appendages, Anatomy, and Relationships of Trilobites | Percy Edward RaymondSome had their sleeves pushed up to the elbow to exhibit their compact flexors and extensors.
The set of muscles that open the wing are called the extensors, and those that close it, the flexors.
Our Bird Comrades | Leander S. (Leander Sylvester) KeyserThe flexor tendons are sometimes destroyed, the toe being dorsiflexed by the unopposed extensors.
Manual of Surgery | Alexis Thomson and Alexander Miles
British Dictionary definitions for extensor
/ (ɪkˈstɛnsə, -sɔː) /
any muscle that stretches or extends an arm, leg, or other bodily part: Compare flexor
Origin of extensor
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Scientific definitions for extensor
[ ĭk-stĕn′sər ]
A muscle that extends or straightens a limb or joint. Compare flexor.
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