Definition of "flexors" [flexors]

• Plural form of flexor. (noun)

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• "The flexors are the Flexor digitorum brevis, the Quadratus plantæ, the Flexor hallucis brevis, the Flexor digiti quinti brevis, and the Lumbricales."
• "The other two tendons are placed behind the pasterns and are called flexors, because they flex, or bend, the pasterns and coffin bone backward."
• "Three principal sets of muscles, called "flexors," bend the fingers and thumb, as in clenching the fist, and three sets -- the extensors -- extend them, as in straightening the fingers."