HyperDic: flexor_muscle

English > 1 sense of the expression flexor muscle:
NOUNbodyflexor muscle, flexora skeletal muscle whose contraction bends a joint
English > flexor muscle: 1 sense > noun 1, body
MeaningA skeletal muscle whose contraction bends a joint.
Synonymflexor
Broaderskeletal muscle, striated muscleA muscle that is connected at either or both ends to a bone and so move parts of the skeleton
Oppositeextensor muscle, extensorA skeletal muscle whose contraction extends or stretches a body part
Spanishflexor, músculo flexor
Catalanflexor, múscul flexor

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