flexor muscle

English Thesaurus

1. a skeletal muscle whose contraction bends a joint (noun.body)

hypernym	:	skeletal muscle, striated muscle,
definition	:	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 (noun.body)

antonym	:	extensor, extensor muscle,
definition	:	a skeletal muscle whose contraction extends or stretches a body part (noun.body)

antonym	:	extensor, extensor muscle,
definition	:	a skeletal muscle whose contraction extends or stretches a body part (noun.body)