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Extensor

A muscle which serves to extend or straighten any part of the body, as an arm or a finger; -- opposed to flexor.

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Quad 76% connected

Alt. of Quade

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Quadriceps 76% connected

The great extensor muscle of the knee, divided above into four parts which unite in a single tendon at the knee.

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Apophysis noun · 78% connection

(anatomy) a natural outgrowth or projection on an organ or body part such as the process of a vertebra

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Apparatus noun · 78% connection

(anatomy) a group of body parts that work together to perform a given function; "the breathing apparatus"

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Articulatio noun · 78% connection

(anatomy) the point of connection between two bones or elements of a skeleton (especially if it allows motion)

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Articulation noun · 78% connection

(anatomy) the point of connection between two bones or elements of a skeleton (especially if it allows motion)

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Base noun · 78% connection

(anatomy) the part of an organ nearest its point of attachment; "the base of the skull"

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Bodily cavity noun · 78% connection

(anatomy) a natural hollow or sinus within the body

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Cavity noun · 78% connection

(anatomy) a natural hollow or sinus within the body

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Cavum noun · 78% connection

(anatomy) a natural hollow or sinus within the body

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Cingulum noun · 78% connection

(anatomy) an encircling structure (as the ridge around the base of a tooth)

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Concha noun · 78% connection

(anatomy) a structure that resembles a shell in shape

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Cornu noun · 78% connection

(anatomy) any structure that resembles a horn in shape

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Corona noun · 78% connection

(anatomy) any structure that resembles a crown in shape

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Diaphragm noun · 78% connection

(anatomy) a muscular partition separating the abdominal and thoracic cavities; functions in respiration

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Fissure noun · 78% connection

(anatomy) a long narrow slit or groove that divides an organ into lobes

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Fundus noun · 78% connection

(anatomy) the base of a hollow organ or that part of the organ farthest from its opening; "the uterine fundus"; "the fundus of the sto…

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Groove noun · 78% connection

(anatomy) any furrow or channel on a bodily structure or part

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Hilum noun · 78% connection

(anatomy) a depression or fissure where vessels or nerves or ducts enter a bodily organ; "the hilus of the kidney"

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Hilus noun · 78% connection

(anatomy) a depression or fissure where vessels or nerves or ducts enter a bodily organ; "the hilus of the kidney"

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Abductor noun · 78% connection

A muscle which serves to draw a part out, or form the median line of the body; as, the abductor oculi, which draws the eye outward.

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Adductor noun · 78% connection

A muscle which draws a limb or part of the body toward the middle line of the body, or closes extended parts of the body; -- opposed t…

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Antagonist noun · 78% connection

A muscle which acts in opposition to another; as a flexor, which bends a part, is the antagonist of an extensor, which extends it.

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Biceps noun · 78% connection

A muscle having two heads or origins; -- applied particularly to a flexor in the arm, and to another in the thigh.

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Coextend verb · 78% connection

To extend through the same space or time with another; to extend to the same degree.

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Contraction noun · 78% connection

(physiology) a shortening or tensing of a part or organ (especially of a muscle or muscle fiber)

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Contracture noun · 78% connection

A state of permanent rigidity or contraction of the muscles, generally of the flexor muscles.

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Deltoid noun · 78% connection

a large triangular muscle covering the shoulder joint and serving to abduct and flex and extend and rotate the arm

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Digitiform adjective · 78% connection

Formed like a finger or fingers; finger-shaped; as, a digitiform root.

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Disentangle verb · 78% connection

To free from entanglement; to release from a condition of being intricately and confusedly involved or interlaced; to reduce to orderl…

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Draw verb · 78% connection

To extend in length; to lengthen; to protract; to stretch; to extend, as a mass of metal into wire.

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Elevator noun · 78% connection

A muscle which serves to raise a part of the body, as the leg or the eye.

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