sartorius

American  

[sahr-tawr-ee-uhs, -tohr-] / sɑrˈtɔr i əs, -ˈtoʊr- /

noun

Anatomy.

sartorii plural

1. a long, flat, narrow muscle extending obliquely from the front of the hip to the inner side of the tibia, assisting in bending the hip or knee joint and in rotating the thigh outward: the longest muscle in humans.

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sartorius British  

/ sɑːˈtɔːrɪəs /

noun

1. anatomy a long ribbon-shaped muscle that aids in flexing the knee

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• sartorii
  plural

Etymology

Origin of sartorius

1695–1705; < New Latin sartōrius, adj. derivative of Late Latin sartor tailor; see -tory ¹

Example Sentences

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sartorius

I ran my finger down the long, winding sartorius muscle, which looped around the thigh.

From "Tradition" by Brendan Kiely

In the ox and the horse the sartorius is still more definitely situated on the internal surface of the thigh.

From Artistic Anatomy of Animals by Cuyer, ?douard

The artery lies almost exactly in the centre of the space, and at the apex is covered by the sartorius muscle.

From A Manual of the Operations of Surgery For the Use of Senior Students, House Surgeons, and Junior Practitioners by Bell, Joseph

The sartorius is one of the fleshy landmarks of the thigh, as the biceps is of the arm, and the sterno-cleido-mastoid of the neck.

From A Practical Physiology by Blaisdell, Albert F.

In fact, when this supposition is admitted, it is easy to imagine that in a great part of the extent in which the sartorius is normally anterior it will become internal.

From Artistic Anatomy of Animals by Cuyer, ?douard