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Preferred Name

Sartorius Muscle

Synonyms

SARTORIUS MUSCLE

Tailor's Muscle

Sartorius Muscle

Sartorius

Definitions

A long, thin striated muscle of the anterior compartment of the thigh, which takes its origin from the anterior superior iliac spine of the pelvic bone, and inserts on the anteromedial surface of the upper tibia in the pes anserinus; it functions to flex, abduct, and laterally rotate the thigh at the hip joint, and to flex the leg at the knee joint.

ID

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C33515

ALT_DEFINITION

A muscle in the thigh, in general extending from the anterior superior iliac spine of the pelvic bone to the anteromedial surface of the upper tibia in the pes anserinus; primary function is to flex, abduct, and laterally rotate the thigh at the hip joint, and to flex the leg at the knee joint.

code

C33515

Concept_In_Subset

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C66830

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C77526

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C61410

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C74456

Contributing_Source

CDISC

DEFINITION

A long, thin striated muscle of the anterior compartment of the thigh, which takes its origin from the anterior superior iliac spine of the pelvic bone, and inserts on the anteromedial surface of the upper tibia in the pes anserinus; it functions to flex, abduct, and laterally rotate the thigh at the hip joint, and to flex the leg at the knee joint.

FULL_SYN

SARTORIUS MUSCLE

Tailor's Muscle

Sartorius Muscle

Sartorius

label

Sartorius Muscle

Legacy Concept Name

Sartorius_Muscle

Preferred_Name

Sartorius Muscle

prefixIRI

Thesaurus:C33515

Semantic_Type

Anatomical Structure

UMLS_CUI

C0224434

subClassOf

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C13056

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