terzi kası

Turkish - English

Definition of terzi kası in Turkish English dictionary

(Tıp) sartorius

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

{i} long narrow muscle extending across the thigh from the hip to the inner knee (Anatomy)

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

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

Related Terms

terzi kas

sartorius

Hyphenation

ter·zi ka·sı