It is the longest muscle in the body. It runs from the anterior superior iliac spine of the hip bone to the medial surface of the shaft of the tibia.
It forms:
- the lateral border of the femoral triangle
- the roof of the subsartorial (adductor) canal.
It is supplied by the femoral nerve.
Sartorius flexes both the hip and knee joints and laterally rotates
the thigh:
when these movements are carried out simultaneously in both limbs, a cross-legged
position will result (sartor = a tailor).
