tailor's muscle

Japanese: tailor's muscle(英語表記)tailorsmuscle
tailor's muscle

…It is said that in the past, tailors would sit cross-legged while making tailoring work, and this is where the sartorius muscle comes into play, hence the name. In English, it is also called the tailor's muscle. The sartorius muscle is the longest muscle in the body, and some of the muscle fibers that make it up are about 30 cm long. …

*Some of the terminology that mentions "tailor's muscle" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…昔の洋服屋が仕立物をするときに,あぐらをかいて仕事をしたというが,そのときに縫工筋が働くということからその名がある。英語ではtailor’s muscle(仕立屋の筋肉)ともいう。縫工筋は長さの点では体のなかで最も長い筋肉で,それを構成する筋繊維には約30cmも長さのあるものがある。…

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