flex joint

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• flex — {vb Flex, crook, bow, buckle mean to bend, but because of special implications and applications they are not freely interchangeable.}}} Flex is used chiefly of the bending of a bodily joint especially between bones of a limb by which the angle… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

• Flex — may refer to: * Flexible electrical cableIn computing*Adobe Flex, technologies for developing rich internet applications *Flex, a family of automatic test equipment produced by Teradyne *Flex lexical analyser, a free software alternative to Lex… …   Wikipedia

• flex|or — «FLEHK suhr, sr», noun. any muscle that when contracted bends a joint of the body. ╂[< New Latin flexor < Latin flexus; see etym. under flex (Cf. ↑flex)] …   Useful english dictionary

• flex — Ⅰ. flex [1] ► VERB 1) bend (a limb or joint). 2) contract or tense (a muscle). 3) warp or bend and then revert to shape. ORIGIN Latin flectere to bend . Ⅱ. flex [2] …   English terms dictionary

• flex´ion|less — flex|ion «FLEHK shuhn», noun. 1. Physiology. a) the bending of a joint in the body by the action of the flexors. b) a being bent in this way. 2. Especially British. = flection (defs. 1,2). (Cf. ↑flection) ╂[earlier spelling of flection]… …   Useful english dictionary

• flex|ion — «FLEHK shuhn», noun. 1. Physiology. a) the bending of a joint in the body by the action of the flexors. b) a being bent in this way. 2. Especially British. = flection (defs. 1,2). (Cf. ↑flection) ╂[earlier spelling of flection] –flex´ion|less,… …   Useful english dictionary

• Flex Comix — Infobox Company company name = Flex Comix フレックスコミックス company company type = Joint stock company foundation = November 1 2006 key people = location = Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan revenue = industry = Manga subsid = homepage = [http://flex comix.jp/ flex… …   Wikipedia

• joint — /joynt/, n. 1. the place at which two things, or separate parts of one thing, are joined or united, either rigidly or in such a way as to permit motion; juncture. 2. a connection between pieces of wood, metal, or the like, often reinforced with… …   Universalium

• Joint, knee — The knee joint has three parts. The thigh bone (the femur) meets the large shin bone (the tibia) to form the main knee joint. This joint has an inner (medial) and an outer (lateral) compartment. The kneecap (the patella) joins the femur to form a …   Medical dictionary

• Joint, patellofemoral — One of the knee joints. The knee has three parts. The thigh bone (femur) meets the large shin bone (tibia) forming the main knee joint. This joint has an inner (medial) and an outer (lateral) compartment. The kneecap (patella) and the femur form… …   Medical dictionary

• flex — To bend; to move a joint in such a direction as to approximate the two parts which it connects. [L. flecto, pp. flexus, to bend] * * * Federation Licensing Examination * * * flex fleks vt 1) to bend esp. repeatedly 2 a) to move muscles so as to… …   Medical dictionary