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Sartorius

/sɑː(ɹ)ˈtɔːɹ.i.əs/

A long, thin muscle that runs down the length of the thigh; the longest muscle in the human body.

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A long, thin muscle that runs down the length of the thigh; the longest muscle in the human body.

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Word	Definition
sartorius muscle	The sartorius muscle is the longest muscle in the human body.
musculus sartoriusnoun	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

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Word	Definition
musculus sartoriusnoun	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
sartorius muscle	The sartorius muscle is the longest muscle in the human body.
tailor's musclenoun	The sartorius.
vastus lateralisnoun	(anatomy) The largest and most powerful part of the quadriceps femoris, a group of thigh muscles. Situated on the outside of the front of the thigh.
semimembranosusnoun	(anatomy, anatomy) A muscle in the back of the thigh; the most medial of the three hamstring muscles (meaning it is more to the inner of the thighs, not between the two others in one leg, which is the semitendinosus).
rectus femorisnoun	(anatomy) A fusiform muscle, one of the four quadriceps muscles, situated in the middle of the front of the thigh.
rectusnoun	(anatomy) Any of a number of muscles controlling the movement of the eyeball.
soleusnoun	A broad, flat muscle that extends behind the gastrocnemius along the back of the calf.
ischial tuberositynoun	(anatomy) Each of the two lower extremities of the pelvis in humans (and other animals), on which the weight is placed while sitting and which are covered by the gluteus maximus while standing.
semitendinosusnoun	(anatomy) A fusiform muscle (one of the hamstrings) in the back of the thigh.
tensor fasciae lataenoun	(anatomy) A muscle that arises especially from the anterior part of the iliac crest and from the anterior superior iliac spine, is inserted into the iliotibial band of the fascia lata about one third of the way down the thigh, and acts to flex and abduct the thigh.
psoas majornoun	(anatomy) The psoas muscle involved in the flexion of the trunk and thigh.
vastus externusnoun	(anatomy) The vastus lateralis muscle; the largest and most powerful part of the quadriceps femoris, a group of thigh muscles.
piriformisnoun	(anatomy, zootomy) A gluteal muscle which arises from the front of the sacrum and the ischium or sacrotuberous ligament, passes out of the pelvis through the greater sciatic foramen, and inserts into the greater trochanter of the femur, serving in humans to rotate the thigh laterally.
longissimusnoun	(anatomy) The muscle lateral to the semispinalis; the longest subdivision of the sacrospinalis that extends forward into the transverse processes of the posterior cervical vertebrae.
scansoriusnoun	(anatomy) A muscle passing from the ilium to the femur in some vertebrates.
quadratusnoun	(anatomy) Any of several roughly square or rectangular muscles, e.g. in the abdomen, thigh, and eye socket.
quadriceps tendonnoun	(anatomy) In human anatomy, a tendon that connects the quadriceps femoris muscles to the superior aspects of the patella on the anterior of the thigh.
pectineusnoun	(anatomy) A flat quadrangular muscle, situated at the anterior part of the upper and medial aspect of the thigh, whose primary function is hip flexion.
rectus abdominisnoun	(anatomy) A paired muscle running vertically on each side of the anterior wall of the abdomen in humans and some other mammals.