Crossword-Solution: FLEXORS
We have 7 clues for the answer “FLEXORS”
| Clue | Answers |
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| Bending muscles | 1 answer |
| Biceps and hamstrings | 1 answer |
| Biceps and sartorius, for two | 1 answer |
| Limb-building muscles | 1 answer |
| Sartorius and biceps, e.g. | 1 answer |
| Some hip muscles | 1 answer |
| Biceps, e.g. | 3 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
An inflammatory disease of the skin, characterized by the
presence of redness and itching, an eruption of small vesicles, and the
discharge of a watery exudation, which often dries up, leaving the skin
covered with crusts; -- called also tetter, milk crust, and salt rheum.
Hint 2 anagram
ACEZEM
Hint 3 another clue
eruption
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Sentences with FLEXORS (5)
The portions removed were more than one inch of the tibia and fibula (irregular fractures of the ends above and below), a corresponding portion of the posterior tibial muscle, and the long flexors of the great and small toes, as well as the tissue interposed between them and the Achilles tendon.
Borelli estimates the power of the flexors of the thumb at 3720 pounds, their average weight being 122 grains.
Three principal sets of muscles, called "flexors," bend the fingers and thumb, as in clenching the fist, and three sets--the extensors--extend them, as in straightening the fingers.
Thus, when the fingers are bent, the fleshy parts of the flexors of the fingers, placed in the arm, contract, in virtue of their peculiar endowment as muscles; and pulling the tendinous cords, connected with their ends, cause them to pull down the bones of the fingers towards the palm.
Not only are the principal flexors of the fingers and of the thumb long muscles, but they remain quite distinct from one another through their whole length.
Quotes with FLEXORS (2)
When you elevate the heels more so than you elevate the sole of the foot, you trigger a cascade of compensations in the knees and hips that cause tight hip flexors, and then those hip flexors cause lower-back pain.
Glute bridges make sure my hips are staying in line. Making sure that I'm not putting added stress on the hamstrings, hip flexors, or groin. Being able to stabilize the hips is pretty much the center of playing football, so you can stay healthy.
Where this answer appears
Appears in: LAT, Newsday, NYT, Three Across, WSJ.
Used 7 times in crossword archives (2002–2024).