Sartorius

Function

The sartorius muscle does the following:

• Flexes the leg at the hip.
  This means that the sartorius muscle bends the hip joint such that there is a decrease in the angle between the upper leg and the torso.



• Flexes the leg at the knee.
  This means that the sartorius muscle bends the leg at the knee joint such that there is a decrease in the angle between the lower leg and the upper leg.



• Laterally rotates the upper leg.
  This means that the sartorius muscle rotates the upper leg outward around the axis of the bone (i.e. it rotates the upper leg away from the vertical midline of the body).

Common Name(s)

"thigh"