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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.
How do you know if your hip flexor is torn?
Your hip flexor hurts
Do you say plantars are flexor or planters were flexor?
Planters are flexors
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
What muscle group is responsible for extension of the big toe?
The flexor hallucis longus flexes the great toe and inverts the foot.
What muscle flexes and abducts hand at the wrist?
There are several muscles involved in flexing the hand. - Palmaris longus (flexes hand) - Flexor carpi radialis (flexes and abducts hand) - Flexor carpi ulnaris (flexes and adducts hand) - Flexor digitorum superficialis (flexes proximal and middle phalanges, flexes hand) - Flexor digitorum profundus (flexes phalanges and hand) - Flexor pollicis longus (flexes thumb and hand) - Flexor pollicis brevis (flexes thumb) There are also a few more I did not include that flex specific digits of the hand
How would you put flexor in a sentence?
The flexor muscle in my left elbow is stiff.
