flexor
[flek-ser]
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noun Anatomy.
a muscle that serves to flex or bend a part of the body.
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Origin of flexor
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It is more marked in the extensor than in the flexor groups of muscles.
Manual of SurgeryAlexis Thomson and Alexander Miles
Dorsal flexion is checked by the flexor tendons and dorsal ligaments.
Lameness of the HorseJohn Victor Lacroix
The thumb-groove is usually chamfered out very thoroughly so as to fit the flexor muscle conveniently.
Throwing-sticks in the National MuseumOtis T. Mason
The first Flexor is nam'd Sublimis, and the other Profundus.
The Compleat Surgeon, or the Whole Art of Surgery Explain'd in a Most Familiar MethodCharles Gabriel Le Clerc
In other cases the flexor muscles of the fore limbs are contracted so that the latter are strongly bent at the knee.
Special Report on Diseases of the HorseUnited States Department of Agriculture
flexor
noun
Word Origin for flexor
C17: New Latin; see flex
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