Muscles of the right leg, viewed from the front. (Rectus femoris removed to reveal the vastus intermedius.)
Details
Origin
Anterior superior iliac spine of the pelvic bone
Insertion
Anteromedial surface of the proximal tibia in the pes anserinus
Artery
Femoral artery
Nerve
Femoral nerve (sometimes from the intermediate cutaneous nerve of thigh)
Actions
Flexion, abduction, and lateral rotation of the hip, flexion of the knee[1]
Identifiers
Latin
musculus sartorius
TA98
A04.7.02.015
TA2
2610
FMA
22353
Anatomical terms of muscle
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The sartorius muscle (/sɑːrˈtɔːriəs/) is the longest muscle in the human body.[2] It is a long, thin, superficial muscle that runs down the length of the thigh in the anterior compartment.[3]
^Moore, Keith; Anne Agur (2007). Essential Clinical Anatomy. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. p. 334. ISBN 978-0-7817-6274-8.
^Levin, Nancy (2019-10-26). "10 Largest Muscles in the Human Body". Largest.org. Retrieved 2020-12-15.
^Moore, Keith L.; Dalley, Arthur F.; Agur, A. M. R. (2013-02-13). Clinically Oriented Anatomy. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. pp. 545–546. ISBN 9781451119459.
The sartoriusmuscle (/sɑːrˈtɔːriəs/) is the longest muscle in the human body. It is a long, thin, superficial muscle that runs down the length of the...
Look up sartorius in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Sartorius may refer to: Sartorius (surname) Sartoriusmuscle, a long thin muscle that runs down the...
semitendinosus muscle, and its upper edge is overlapped by the tendon of the sartoriusmuscle, which it joins to form the pes anserinus. The pes anserinus is separated...
gluteus minimus muscle when the hip is flexed (become medial rotators when hip is extended) Psoas major muscle Psoas minor muscleSartoriusmuscle Dissection...
Brown, W.; Holmes, K. C. (1965). "Constancy of axial spacings in frog sartoriusmuscle during contraction". Nature. 206 (4991): 1358. Bibcode:1965Natur.206...
groups of muscles together with their nerves and blood supply. The anterior compartment contains the sartoriusmuscle (the longest muscle in the body)...
provides attachment for the inguinal ligament, and the sartoriusmuscle. The tensor fasciae latae muscle attaches to the lateral aspect of the superior anterior...
the acetabulum. The sartoriusmuscle arises by tendinous fibres from the anterior superior iliac spine, The latissimus dorsi muscle attaches to the iliac...
and fascia. In the lower part of its course, it passes behind the sartoriusmuscle. Posteriorly: The artery lies on the psoas, which separates it from...
distal insertion with the sartorius and semitendinosus, all three muscles forming the pes anserinus. It is the most medial muscle of the adductors, and with...
in muscle physiology and biomechanics due to the ease of accessibility for investigators in its native range and the ability of the sartoriusmuscle to...
as it converges with the femoral artery where it passes beneath the sartoriusmuscle. The saphenous nerve lies in front of the femoral artery, behind the...
femur. Additional muscles, such as the rectus femoris and the sartorius, can cause some movement in the hip joint. However these muscles primarily move the...
lateral part of) the inguinal ligament itself. It then passes over the sartoriusmuscle, travelling from medial to lateral. The lateral cutaneous nerve of...
superficial lumbar muscles. The femoral nerve passes through the muscle and innervates the quadriceps, pectineus, and sartoriusmuscles. It also comprises...
subsartorial plexus is a plexus of nerves that is located under the sartoriusmuscle. The subsartorial plexus is formed by: the medial cutaneous nerve of...
The rectus femoris muscle is one of the four quadriceps muscles of the human body. The others are the vastus medialis, the vastus intermedius (deep to...
of the muscle. Anterior division supplies the sartoriusmuscle Posterior division supplies the rectus femoris muscle, the three vastus muscles – (vastus...
femoral triangle, laterally by the border of the sartoriusmuscle, and medially by the adductor longus muscle. There are approximately 10 superficial lymph...
adductor longus and magnus. Lying on the aponeurosis is the sartorius (tailor's) muscle. The canal contains the subsartorial artery (distal segment of...
semimembranosus, biceps, and gluteus maximus muscle. By its inner border with the gracilis and sartorius. By its upper border with the obturator externus...
vein that begins at the adductor hiatus (an opening in the adductor magnus muscle) as the continuation of the popliteal vein. The great saphenous vein (a...
medialward, is covered by the aponeurosis derived from the tendon of the sartorius, and by the tendons of the Gracilis and Semitendinosus, all of which are...
the outer border of the notch below it, between the gluteus medius and sartorius; and from the deep surface of the fascia lata. It is inserted between...
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The nerve then passes between inguinal ligament (passes under) and sartoriusmuscle (passes over). It then divides into an anterior and posterior branch...
the adductor longus muscle.) laterally by the medial border of the sartoriusmuscle. The apex of the triangle is continuous with the adductor canal. The...
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