extensor
pronunciation
How to pronounce extensor in British English:
UK [ɪkˈstensə(r)]
How to pronounce extensor in American English:
US [ɪkˈstensɔr]
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- Noun:
- a skeletal muscle whose contraction extends or stretches a body part
Word Origin
- extensor (n.)
- "muscle which serves to straighten or extend any part of the body," 1713, short for medical Latin musculus extensor, from Late Latin extensor "stretcher," agent noun from Latin extendere "spread out, spread" (see extend).
Example
- 1. Extensor limbs , fingers ( toes ) is also a predilection sites of psoriasis .
- 2. Flexor reflex and crossed extensor reflex .
- 3. Role of peripatellar retinaculum in transmission of forces within the extensor mechanism .
- 4. On examination , there were red-brown papules and plaques on the extensor knees , elbows , and dorsal hands .
- 5. Methods : take the forearm extensor tendon insertion site off the extracondyle of humerus and have the anterior lateral aricular capsule of elbow joint shown .