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Extensor tenosynovitis has been described with windy cold exposure in temperatures from 0 to -25 ºC [39].
Potential impacts of direct mechanisms of climate change on human health in the Arctic 2009
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Extensor tenosynovitis of the hand from cold exposure.
Potential impacts of direct mechanisms of climate change on human health in the Arctic 2009
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Extensor (long digital) rupture and division of, 253
Lameness of the Horse Veterinary Practitioners' Series, No. 1 John Victor Lacroix
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Fig. 29 -- Distension of Theca of Extensor of the Digit 151
Lameness of the Horse Veterinary Practitioners' Series, No. 1 John Victor Lacroix
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Extensor: that which extends or straightens out; applied to muscles.
Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology John. B. Smith
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It is in relation, in front, with the Extensor tendons of the toes, the tendons of the Tibialis anterior and Peronæus tertius, and the anterior tibial vessels and deep peroneal nerve.
III. Syndesmology. 7d. Talocrural Articulation or Ankle-joint 1918
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Flexion is produced by the action of the Biceps brachii and Brachialis, assisted by the Brachioradialis and the muscles arising from the medial condyle of the humerus; extension, by the Triceps brachii and Anconæus, assisted by the Extensors of the wrist, the Extensor digitorum communis, and the Extensor digiti quinti proprius.
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The muscles in relation with the joint are, in front, the Brachialis; behind, the Triceps brachii and Anconæus; laterally, the Supinator, and the common tendon of origin of the Extensor muscles; medially, the common tendon of origin of the Flexor muscles, and the Flexor carpi ulnaris.
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The most marked features of this arch are its solidity and its slight elevation; two strong ligaments, the long plantar and the plantar calcaneocuboid, together with the Extensor tendons and the short muscles of the little toe, preserve its integrity.
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The student must bear in mind that the Extensor digitorum longus and Extensor hallucis proprius are extensors of the toes, but flexors of the ankle; and that the Flexor digitorum longus and Flexor hallucis longus are flexors of the toes, but extensors of the ankle.
III. Syndesmology. 7d. Talocrural Articulation or Ankle-joint 1918
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