Muscle Name: Sartorius

Medical Name:

• Sartorius

Other Names:

• Tailor’s Muscle

Head:

• None (Single muscle)

Movement:

• Flexion of the hip
  • Lifting the thigh upwards
• Abduction of the hip
  • Moving the thigh away from the body
• Lateral rotation of the hip
  • Rotating the thigh outward
• Flexion of the knee
  • Bending the leg

Attachment:

• Origin:
  • Anterior superior iliac spine (ASIS)
• Insertion:
  • Medial surface of the proximal tibia (pes anserinus)

Related Muscles:

• Rectus Femoris
• Vastus Lateralis
• Vastus Medialis
• Vastus Intermedius
• Iliopsoas
• Gracilis
• Semitendinosus

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