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Webster 1913 Edition
Sartorius
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Sar-to′ri-us
,Noun.
[NL., fr. L.
sartor
a patcher, tailor, fr. sarcire
, sartum
, to patch, mend.] (Anat.)
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.
Definition 2024
sartorius
sartorius
English
Muscles of lower extremity, with the sartorius highlighted. (Rectus femoris removed to reveal the vastus intermedius.)
Noun
sartorius (plural sartorii)
- (anatomy) A long thin muscle that runs down the length of the thigh; the longest muscle in the human body.
Derived terms
Translations
anatomy: a muscle
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