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Sartorius

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Noun

1. musculus sartorius, sartorius, sartorius muscle

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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Sartorius

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noun plural -torii (-ˈtɔːrɪˌaɪ)
anatomy
a long ribbon-shaped muscle that aids in flexing the knee

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Sartorius

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noun
a narrow muscle of the thigh, the longest in the human body, that passes obliquely across the front of the thigh and helps rotate the leg to the cross-legged position

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Sartorius

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n. pl. sar·to·ri·i (-tôrē-ī)
A flat narrow thigh muscle, the longest of the human anatomy, crossing the front of the thigh obliquely from the hip to the inner side of the tibia.

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