Sartorius muscle
Musculus sartorius
Adducts and rotates the femur and extends the tibia.
- System
- Muscle
- Region
- Pelvic limb
- Sides
- Paired: left and right
Where it runs from and to
A muscle is told apart from its neighbours by what it takes hold of at each end, which is also what decides what it does when it shortens.
- Origin
- from the ventral half of the crest of the ilium and from the medial half of its ventral border craniad of the auricular impression. …
- Insertion
- on a long S-shaped line which begins on the dorsal border of the tibial shaft about two centimeters from its proximal end, passes thence to the middle of the proximal end of the medial surface of the tibia, thence across the ligaments of the knee-joint and ...
- Action
- Adducts and rotates the femur and extends the tibia.
Terminology
- English
- Sartorius muscle
- Latin (NAV)
- Musculus sartorius
- Status
- A valid term in the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria
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