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A flat narrow thigh muscle, the longest of the human anatomy, crossing the front of the thigh obliquely from the hip to the inner side of the tibia.

The longest muscle of the human body, crossing the thigh obliquely in front.

A muscle of the thigh, called the tailor’s muscle, which arises from the hip bone and is inserted just below the knee. So named because its contraction was supposed to produce the position of the legs assumed by the tailor in sitting.

A long thin muscle that runs down the length of the thigh; the longest muscle in the human body.

a muscle in the thigh that helps to rotate the leg into the sitting position assumed by a tailor; the longest muscle in the human body