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Extensor

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extensor musclenouna skeletal muscle whose contraction extends or stretches a body part

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flexornounA muscle whose contraction acts to bend a joint or limb.
flexor musclenouna skeletal muscle whose contraction bends a joint

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extensor musclenouna skeletal muscle whose contraction extends or stretches a body part
quadricepsnoun(anatomy) A muscle having four heads, especially the large extensor at the front of the thigh.
retinaculumnoun(anatomy) One of the annular ligaments which hold the tendons close to the bones at the larger joints, as at the wrist and ankle.
retinaculanoun(anatomy) One of the annular ligaments which hold the tendons close to the bones at the larger joints, as at the wrist and ankle.
extensor digitorum
straightenernounA pair of metal tongs with heated ceramic plates used for straightening hair.
extendernounOne who extends.
extensor carpi ulnaris
extensor indicis
extensor digiti minimi
extensor digitorum longus
extensor digitorum brevis
extensor hallucis longus
extensor hallucis brevis
hyperextensornoun(anatomy) A muscle involved in hyperextension of the trunk
flexoextensornounA muscle (or robotic equivalent) that can achieve flexoextension
extorsionnoun(medicine) An outward rotation of a limb, organ or part of the eye.
tensornoun(mathematics, linear algebra, physics) A mathematical object that describes linear relations on scalars, vectors, matrices and other algebraic objects, and is represented as a multidimensional array.
adductornoun(anatomy) A muscle which draws a limb or part of the body toward the middle line of the body, or closes extended parts of the body—opposed to abductor.
evertornoun(anatomy) A muscle that everts or turns outward.

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