List of flexors of the human body

The flexion (from the Latin flectere, turn ',' bend ',' wind ') is the diffraction of a joint. The opposite movement is called extension ( stretching).

During wrist flexion ( movement towards the palm ) is usually referred to as palmar flexion, the ankle joint ( movement fußrückenwärts ) as dorsiflexion. The spine usually the term inclination or forward flexion used.

As flexor is called a skeletal muscle that performs the diffraction of a joint. In some anatomical muscle names, especially in the muscles of the forearm and lower leg, the term is explicitly ago as the second part of the name, such as the flexor hallucis longus (, long flexor of the big toe ').