Sartorius

[sɑ:'tɒ:riәs]

Definition

(noun.) 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.

Editor: Melinda--From WordNet

Definition

(n.) 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.

Edited by Jeanne

Definition

n. the muscle of the thigh by which the one leg is thrown across the other.—n. Sar′tor a tailor.—adj. Sartō′rial pertaining to a tailor or tailoring.

Editor: Ronda