muscle: sartorius

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Schematic

lower leg ventral (linkmap)

Muskeln Übersichtskarte Pectineus Obturator externus Adduktor magnus Adduktor brevis Adduktor longus Adduktor magnus Adduktor magnus Vastus medialis Qudratus lumborum Psoas minor Psoas_major Iliacus Tensor fasciae latae Pectineus Sartorius Rectus femoris Quadrizeps Vastus lateralis Ilocapsularis Articularis genus

M. sartorius

„Tailor muscle“ because it causes the movement of the leg required to assume the cross-legged position
Origin: SIAS
Insertion: Pes anserinus superficialis of the inner tibia
Innervation: Nervus femoralis (L2 bis L4)
Antagonists:
Movement: Flexion and external rotation in the hip joint, flexion and internal rotation in the knee joint