extensor
English
Noun
extensor (plural extensors)
- (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.
- 2004, Jean-Pierre Hourdebaigt, Canine Massage: A Complete Reference Manual
Translations
muscle
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Spanish
Derived terms
- extensor corto del pulgar
- extensor del índice
- extensor radial corto del carpo
- extensor radial largo del carpo
- extensor ulnar del carpo
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