NOUN | body | sartorius, sartorius muscle, musculus sartorius | a muscle in the thigh that helps to rotate the leg into the sitting position assumed by a tailor |
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Sounds | saartao'riyihs | |
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Rhymes | abyss ... worthiness: 194 rhymes with ihs... |
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. | |
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Synonyms | sartorius muscle, musculus sartorius | |
Broader | skeletal muscle, striated muscle | A muscle that is connected at either or both ends to a bone and so move parts of the skeleton |
Spanish | músculo del sastre, músculo sartorio, sartorio | |
Catalan | múscul sartori, sartori | |
Adjectives | sartorial | of or relating to the sartorius muscle |
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