Meaning | A skeletal muscle whose contraction extends or stretches a body part. |
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Synonym | extensor muscle |
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Narrower | quadriceps, quadriceps femoris, musculus quadriceps femoris, quad | A muscle of the thigh that extends the leg |
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Broader | skeletal muscle, striated muscle | A muscle that is connected at either or both ends to a bone and so move parts of the skeleton |
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Opposite | flexor muscle, flexor | A skeletal muscle whose contraction bends a joint |
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Spanish | extensor, músculo extensor |
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Catalan | extensor, múscul extensor |
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Verbs | extend | extend one's limbs or muscles, or the entire body |
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extend | thrust or extend out |