sartorius

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A long thin muscle that runs down the length of the thigh; the longest muscle in the human body
{i} long narrow muscle extending across the thigh from the hip to the inner knee (Anatomy)
a muscle in the thigh that helps to rotate the leg into the sitting position assumed by a tailor; the longest muscle in the human body
A muscle of the thigh, called the tailor's muscle, which arises from the hip bone and is inserted just below the knee
So named because its contraction was supposed to produce the position of the legs assumed by the tailor in sitting
sartorius

    Hyphenation

    sar·to·ri·us

    Turkish pronunciation

    särtôriîs

    Pronunciation

    /särˈtôrēəs/ /sɑːrˈtɔːriːɪs/
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