extensors's Usage Examples:

All four quadriceps are powerful extensors of the knee joint.

The forearm contains many muscles, including the flexors and extensors of the digits, a flexor of the elbow (brachioradialis), and pronators.

through these mechanisms can paralyze the anconeus muscle as well as other extensors of the elbow and wrist.

withdrawal reflex, the flexors in the withdrawing limb contract and the extensors relax, while in the other limb, the opposite occurs as part of the crossed.

the contractions of all the flexor muscles and the relaxations of the extensors in that limb causing sudden withdrawal from the potentially damaging stimulus.

Synonyms:

quadriceps femoris; striated muscle; quad; quadriceps; musculus quadriceps femoris; extensor muscle; skeletal muscle;

Antonyms:

flexor muscle; skeletal muscle; striated muscle; flexor;