| NOUN | body | flexor, flexor muscle | a skeletal muscle whose contraction bends a joint |
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| Meaning | A skeletal muscle whose contraction bends a joint. | |
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| Synonym | flexor muscle | |
| Broader | skeletal muscle, striated muscle | A muscle that is connected at either or both ends to a bone and so move parts of the skeleton |
| Opposite | extensor muscle, extensor | A skeletal muscle whose contraction extends or stretches a body part |