different between extensor vs quadriceps

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?ns?(?)

Noun

extensor (plural extensors)

1. (anatomy) A muscle whose contraction extends or straightens a limb or body part.
   • 2004, Jean-Pierre Hourdebaigt, Canine Massage: A Complete Reference Manual

     Starting at the point of shoulder, use muscle squeezings, picking-ups, kneadings and gentle frictions, interspersed with effleurages, over the triceps muscle as well as the fleshy part of the flexor and extensor muscle groups.

Translations

See also

• flexor
• quadriceps
• triceps

Romanian

Etymology

From French extenseur.

Noun

extensor n (plural extensori)

1. extensor

Declension

Spanish

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -o?

Adjective

extensor (feminine extensora, masculine plural extensores, feminine plural extensoras)

1. extending; that which extends

Noun

extensor m (plural extensores)

1. (anatomy) extensor

Derived terms

• extensor corto del pulgar
• extensor del índice
• extensor radial corto del carpo
• extensor radial largo del carpo
• extensor ulnar del carpo

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin quadriceps, literally “four-headed”, from quadri- +? -ceps, from quattuor (“four”) and from caput (“head”).

Noun

quadriceps (plural quadricepses or quadriceps)

1. (anatomy) A muscle having four heads, especially the large extensor at the front of the thigh.

Synonyms

• quads

Derived terms

• quadricipital

Related terms

• biceps
• triceps
• quadricep
• quadriceps femoris
• quadriceps tendon
• quadricepsplasty

Translations

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin quadriceps, from quadri- +? -ceps.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kwa.d?i.s?ps/, /ka.d?i.s?ps/

Noun

quadriceps m (plural quadriceps)

1. quadriceps (muscle)