Muscle responsible for closing the angle of a joint.
A muscle that causes a limb or other body-part to bend. Examples include the mucles of the arms, legs, fingers, and toes.
A muscle which upon contraction flexes or bends.
Bends a joint and brings a limb closer to the body (e.g. hamstring)
A muscle that produces flexion.
a skeletal muscle whose contraction bends a joint
a muscle that bends a joint
a muscle that bends a limb or part of a limb
A muscle that produces the movement of bending at a joint.
A muscle that closes a joint.
A muscle serving to bend a body part.
(L. flectere, to bend). A muscle that, upon contraction tends to bend a joint; the antagonist of an extensor. Return to the Top
A flexor is a type of muscle which works to flex a limb (or bend towards the body); and is the opposite of an extensor, which pulls a limb away from the body.
A muscle controlling joint flexion.
