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What is a sartorius?

What is a sartorius? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (anatomy) A long, thin muscle that runs down the length of the thigh; the longest muscle in the human body.
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The sartorius and gracilis are displaced backwards, so that they descend behind instead of on the medial side of the knee.
The surgeon incises the skin and bluntly dissects through the subcutaneous fat to expose the sartorius.
I then went into the cabin and ordered breakfast, to prevent further discussion until the arrival of Captain sartorius.
It passes between the dorsal border of the sartorius and the anterior border of the tendon of gracilis.
Of the anterior group of muscles, those seen at this level include the sartorius and quadriceps femoris.
Note that the sartorius muscle has become a thin band as it crosses over and behind the medial condyle of the femur.

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