MUSCULUS SARTORIUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does musculus sartorius mean? 

• MUSCULUS SARTORIUS (noun)
  The noun MUSCULUS SARTORIUS has 1 sense:

1. 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

  Familiarity information: MUSCULUS SARTORIUS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MUSCULUS SARTORIUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

musculus sartorius; sartorius; sartorius muscle

Hypernyms ("musculus sartorius" is a kind of...):

skeletal muscle; striated muscle (a muscle that is connected at either or both ends to a bone and so move parts of the skeleton; a muscle that is characterized by transverse stripes)