extensor

English

Noun

extensor (plural extensors)

1. (anatomy) A muscle whose contraction extends or straightens a limb or body part.
   • 2004, Jean-Pierre Hourdebaigt, Canine Massage: A Complete Reference Manual

     Starting at the point of shoulder, use muscle squeezings, picking-ups, kneadings and gentle frictions, interspersed with effleurages, over the triceps muscle as well as the fleshy part of the flexor and extensor muscle groups.

Translations

muscle

• Finnish: ojentajalihas
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See also

• flexor
• quadriceps
• triceps

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Spanish

Adjective

extensor (feminine extensora, masculine and feminine plural extensores)

1. extending; that which extends.

Noun

extensor m (plural extensores)

1. (anatomy) extensor

Derived terms

• extensor corto del pulgar
• extensor del índice
• extensor radial corto del carpo
• extensor radial largo del carpo
• extensor ulnar del carpo