extensor

Synonyms:

extensor muscle

Antonyms:

flexor, flexor muscle

a skeletal muscle whose contraction bends a joint

Types:

musculus quadriceps femoris, quad, quadriceps, quadriceps femoris

a muscle of the thigh that extends the leg

Type of:

skeletal muscle, striated muscle

a muscle that is connected at either or both ends to a bone and so move parts of the skeleton; a muscle that is characterized by transverse stripes