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A flexor is a skeletal muscle whose contraction bends a joint. In anatomy, flexion is a position that is made possible by the joint angle decreasing. The skeletal (bones, cartilage, and ligaments) and muscular (muscles and tendons) systems work together to move the joint into a "flexed" position. ...
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What term describes a muscle that bends joints such as the elbow?
Flexor.
Is tricepes flexor?
Triceps muscle is not a flexor. Triceps is an extensor of elbow joint. Biceps muscle is flexor.
Which muscle is more developed in cats flexor digitorum superficialis or the flexor digitorum profundus?
Flexor digitorum profunds
Does a flexor muscle open a joint?
No the flexor closes the joint.
Do you say plantars are flexor or planters were flexor?
Planters are flexors
An exception to this generalization is the extensor flexor musculature of where?
the knee
Power wrist flexor and abductor?
flexor carpi radialis
How do you know if your hip flexor is torn?
Your hip flexor hurts
What is the wrist flexor that follows the ulna?
Extensor carpi radialis longus and Extensor carpi radialis brevis.
What muscles in the limbs are the effectors of a withdrawal reflex?
Flexor Muscles
What is a sentence with the word flexor in it?
The flexor is a muscle that bends part of your body.
Which muscle is a superficial anterior flexor muscle?
flexor digitorum superficialis
