Anatomy
finger flexors
fin·ger flex·ors
Definitions related to finger flexors:
  • (finger flexor muscles) A group of three muscles in the upper extremity, the flexor digitorum superficialis, flexor digitorum profundus, and flexor pollicis longus muscles; primary function is to bend the fingers.
    CDISC Terminology
    Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC), 2021
  • A group of muscles that originate on the bones on the palmar side of the arm and forearm and insert into the bones of the phalanges of the hand through long tendons; the finger flexors, including the flexor digitorum superficialis, flexor digitorum profundus, and flexor pollicis longus muscles, allow for bending of the fingers.
    NCI
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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