Definition of Extensors. Meaning of Extensors. Synonyms of Extensors

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Definition of Extensors

Extensor
Extensor Ex*ten"sor, n. [L., one who stretches. See Extend.] (Anat.) A muscle which serves to extend or straighten any part of the body, as an arm or a finger; -- opposed to flexor.

Meaning of Extensors from wikipedia

- compartment of the forearm Extensor carpi radialis longus Extensor carpi radialis brevis Extensor carpi ulnaris Extensor digitorum of phalanges, at all...
- mechanism. The primary function of the extensors is to straighten out the digits. The thumb has two extensors in the forearm; the tendons of these form...
- mechanism. The primary function of the extensors is to straighten out the digits. The thumb has two extensors in the forearm; the tendons of these form...
- forearm contains many muscles, including the flexors and extensors of the wrist, flexors and extensors of the digits, a flexor of the elbow (brachioradialis)...
- Toe flexors are innervated by the tibial nerve. Toe extensors (extensor hallucis longus, extensor digitorum longus) are innervated by the deep peroneal...
- The extensor digitorum muscle (also known as extensor digitorum communis) is a muscle of the posterior forearm present in humans and other animals. It...
- In anatomy, the thumb extensors are: extensor pollicis longus muscle extensor pollicis brevis muscle This disambiguation page lists articles ****ociated...
- side of the common extensor digitorum was also reported. Anomalous hand extensors including the extensor medii proprius and the extensor indicis et medii...
- between the palm and the front of the forearm). The muscle, like all extensors of the forearm, can be strengthened by exercise that resist its extension...
- ISBN 978-0-323-39253-2, retrieved 2021-01-04 "eMedicine - Hand, Tendon Lacerations: Extensors : Article by D Glynn Bolitho, MD, PhD, FACS". Retrieved 2008-01-20.[failed...