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Encyclopedia > Flexor muscle

A flexor muscle is a skeletal muscle whose contraction bends a joint, decreasing the angle between components of a limb, such as bending the knee or elbow. Structure of a skeletal muscle Skeletal muscle is a type of striated muscle, attached to the skeleton. ... Human anatomy In human anatomy, the knee joint is a complex, compound, condyloid variety of a synovial joint. ... Elbow redirects here. ...


The type of muscle that has the opposite effect is the extensor muscle, which opens a joint, increasing the angle between limb components. An extensor muscle is any skeletal muscle that opens a joint increasing the angle between components of a limb, such as straightening the knee or elbow and bending the wrist or spine. ...


In humans, some muscles include 'flexor' in their name, some include;


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Flexor muscle - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (117 words)
A flexor muscle is a skeletal muscle whose contraction bends a joint, decreasing the angle between components of a limb, such as bending the knee or elbow.
The type of muscle that has the opposite effect is the extensor muscle, which opens a joint, increasing the angle between limb components.
some of the flexor muscles of the upper limbs are: the brachialis, the biceps.
Flexor digitorum superficialis muscle - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (198 words)
Flexor digitorum superficialis (flexor digitorum sublimis) is an extrinsic flexor muscle of the fingers.
The bulk of the muscle is in the intermediate layer of the anterior compartment of the forearm.
These tendons have a split, or a hole, at the end of them through which the tendons of flexor digitorum profundus will travel.
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