sartorius

Speech parts

1. sartorius - Noun

2. Sartorius - Proper noun

Meaning

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.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

musculus sartorius sartorius muscle designer dressmaker sartor quadriceps couturier seamster gastrocnemius soleus semitendinosus semimembranosus vastus lateralis rectus femoris hamstrings
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Hypernyms

skeletal muscle striated muscle

Derivatives

sartorii

Examples

The sartorius acts as a flexor on both the hip and knee, but, due to its oblique course, also contributes to medial rotation of the leg as one of the pes anserinus muscles (with the knee flexed), and to lateral rotation of the hip joint. Source: Internet

The semitendiosus and the semimembranosus share their origin with the long head of the biceps, and both attaches on the medial side of the proximal head of the tibia together with the gracilis and sartorius to form the pes anserinus. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

sartorii sartorious sartorite sartorius muscle Sartre Sartrean