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Q: Are the quadriceps extensors
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What are the flexor and extensor muscles for your legs?

The major flexors of the knee are the hamstrings, which include: biceps femoris, semitendinosus, and semimembranosus. The major extensors of the knee are the quadriceps, which include: rectus femoris, vastus medialis, and vastus lateralis.


What are the hip extensors and back extensors and shoulder extensors?

a muscle that extends or straighten a limb or body part is called extensor


What are the basic crutch muscles?

shoulder depressors, extensors, adductors and abductors. elbow extensors, wrist extensors and finger flexors.


Which muscle that will make the knee bend when it contracts. Which muscle that will make the leg straighten at the knee when it contracts. which of that two muscle is a lexor and an extensor?

The flexor would be the hamstring, and gastrocnemius, which bend/flex the knee. The quadriceps, are extensors, which straighten/extend the knee.


What acts as both a knee (leg) extensor and hip (thigh) flexior?

The three muscles that make up the hamstring muscle group: the bicep femoris, semitendinosus and semimembranosus and the rectus femoris, one of the quadriceps muscles, all act as knee extensors and hip flexors.


Are muscles that bend a joint called extensors?

Muscles that bend a joint are flexors; musces that straighten a joint are extensors.


What is a body part that starts with Q?

Quadriceps, quadratus lumborum, quadratus femoris are body parts that start with Q.


How do You use quadriceps in a sentence?

My quadriceps are sore. The coach's most dreaded words were, "Prepare to stretch your quadriceps".


Why are quadriceps need?

Quadriceps will extend your lower leg.


What are finger extensors for?

For extending the fingers.


Most extensors are located?

Posterior


Examples of flexors and extensors?

example of flexors: Biceps when you flexexample of extensors: Triceps when you relax your arm