A very long muscle, the longest muscle in the body, which runs from the anterior iliac spine, across the thigh down to the tibia.
Longest muscle in the body, extending from the pelvis to the calf of the leg; it functions in the movement of the thigh and lower leg.
A narrow ribbonlike muscle at the front of the thigh, arising from the anterior superior spine of the ilium and extending to the tibia, just below the knee. The longest muscle in the body, the sartorius flexes the leg on the thigh and the thigh on the abdomen.
A long, ribbon-shaped muscle in the leg that flexes, abducts, laterally rotates the thigh, and flexes the lower leg. This muscle, the longest in the body, enables the crossing of the legs in the tailor’s position, the function for which it is named.