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Wikipedia / List of flexors of the human body

In anatomy, flexor is a muscle that contractss to perform flexion (from the Latin verb flectere, to bend), a movement that decreases the angle between the bones converging at a joint. For example, one's elbow joint flexes when one brings their hand closer to the shoulder, thus decreasing the angle between the upper arm and the forearm.

Flexors

Upper limb

of the humerus bone (the bone in the upper arm) at the shoulder

of the forearm at the elbow

of carpus (the carpal bones) at the wrist

of the hand

Lower limb

Hip

The hip flexors are (in descending order of importance to the action of flexing the hip joint):

Collectively known as the iliopsoas or inner hip muscles:

Anterior compartment of thigh

One of the gluteal muscles:

Medial compartment of thigh

Without the iliopsoas muscles, flexion in sitting position is not possible across the horizontal plane.

Thigh

of thigh at knee (L5-S2)

of toes

Posterior compartment of leg

of proximal phalanges at metatarsophalangeal joint

Other

torso/lumbar vertebrae

neck at atlanto-occipital joint

See also

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