flexor

Etymology

From New Latin flexor, agent noun of flectō (“I bend”).

noun

1. A muscle whose contraction acts to bend a joint or limb.
   Starting at the point of shoulder, use muscle squeezings, picking-ups, kneadings and gentle frictions, interspersed with effleurages, over the triceps muscle as well as the fleshy part of the flexor and extensor muscle groups. 2004, Jean-Pierre Hourdebaigt, Canine Massage: A Complete Reference Manual