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; [syn: sartorius, sartorius muscle, musculus sartorius]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
sartorius muscle
n 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 [syn: sartorius, sartorius muscle,
musculus sartorius]