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flexor

flex·or [ fléksər ] (plural flex·ors)


noun 
Definition:
 
muscle bending joint or limb: a muscle that bends a joint or limb when it is contracted

[Early 17th century. < modern Latin< Latin flex- (see flexible)]
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