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Flexor

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Flexor meaning

A muscle whose contraction acts to bend a joint or limb.

Example sentences (20)

The deep flexor attaches to the distal phalanx, and the superficial flexor attaches to the middle phalanx.

The plantar tendon on the front (flexor perforans digitorum) splits into two sections, and enters the front toes while the hind plantar (flexor longus hallucis) splits and enters the hind toes.

The thumb has one long flexor and a short flexor in the thenar muscle group.

Buehler had Tommy John surgery for a second time and a flexor tendon repair on his pitching elbow last August.

Duffy was acquired at the trade deadline in 2021 despite having a flexor tendon injury.

The 36-year-old Spaniard said he had still not recovered full fitness from the hip flexor injury he sustained in the Australian Open in January and which saw him miss this week’s Monte Carlo Open.

The Orioles opened a spot on their 40-man roster by transferring right-handed reliever Dillon Tate (right elbow flexor strain) to the 60-day injured list, a move that Hyde said was procedural and did not reflect a change in Tate’s health.

But the forearm started to stiffen early the next year, and he was diagnosed with a strained flexor tendon, and by early June he was on Dr. Christopher Ahmad’s operating table.

Regina was 2-for-7 … Prospect Matthew Kieper backed up Buskey in place of Danton Belluk (hip flexor).

The Los Angeles Angels pitcher and designated hitter was diagnosed with a “grade 1-2 strain of the flexor pronator mass,” the team announced Monday, and will be shut down for four-to-six weeks.

And, following his return after a troublesome hip flexor issue, the 25-year-old believes he now equipped to fight for a starting spot.

DAVE MARTINEZ: He felt something when he went to block that ball in his hip flexor.

Dodgers: INF David Freese (left hamstring strain) did some running before the game and is on target to return Sept. 1. … LHP Rich Hill (flexor tendon strain) will throw a bullpen session Saturday with a full mix of pitches.

Jordan Flores was the only absentee for Vinny Perth’s side with a hip flexor problem.

The Eagles added cornerback to the injury report, listing him as questionable with a hip flexor injury.

A magnetic resonance imaging exam revealed a strain in Torres’s right hip flexor, and Boone’s optimism — he had said he was “excited” by a mid-game report that Torres would be O.K. — turned to worry.

An important plantar flexor, it is crucial for ballet dancing.

Because the tendons of the flexor digitorum longus run between these tendons, the brevis is sometimes called perforatus.

Deep flexor muscles straighten the terminal phalanges, so the claws protrude from their sheaths, and the soft "velvety" paw becomes suddenly converted into a formidable weapon.

Except for being an adductor, it is a lateral rotator and weak flexor of the hip joint.