tailor muscle
1tailor muscle — noun also tailor s muscle : sartorius …
2tailor's muscle — noun see tailor muscle …
3Muscle — is the tissue of the body which primarily functions as a source of power. There are three types of muscle in the body. Muscle which is responsible for moving extremities and external areas of the body is called "skeletal muscle." Heart… …
4tailor's muscle — tai·lor s muscle or tai·lor muscle tā lər(z) n SARTORIUS …
5Sartorius muscle — Muscles of lower extremity. (Rectus femoris removed to reveal the vastus intermedius.) Latin musculus sartorius Gray s …
6sartorius muscle — 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 • Syn: ↑sartorius, ↑musculus sartorius • Derivationally related forms: ↑sartorial (for: ↑sartorius) …
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9sartorius — See s. (muscle). [L. sartor, a tailor, the muscle being used in crossing the legs in the tailor s position, fr. sarcio pp. sartus, to patch, mend] * * * sar·to·ri·us sär tōr ē əs n, pl rii ē .ī a muscle that arises from the anterior superior… …
10Sartorius — Sar*to ri*us, n. [NL., fr. L. sartor a patcher, tailor, fr. sarcire, sartum, to patch, mend.] (Anat.) 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… …