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Iliopsoas



Iliopsoas
Anterior hip muscles. (Psoas minor not pictured.)
Latin musculus iliopsoas
Gray's subject #127 467
Origin: iliac fossa, spine
Insertion: lesser trochanter of femur
Artery: medial femoral circumflex artery, iliolumbar artery
Nerve: femoral nerve, L1, L2
Action: flexion of hip
Antagonist: Gluteus maximus, posterior compartment of thigh
Dorlands/Elsevier m_22/12549330

The term Iliopsoas refers to the combination of three muscles:

  • psoas major
  • psoas minor
  • iliacus

These muscles are distinct in the abdomen, but in the thigh, they are usually indistinguishable, and so in that context, they are usually given a common name.

See also

v • d • e
List of muscles of lower limbs
ILIAC REGION/ILIOPSOASpsoas major/psoas minor - iliacus
BUTTOCKSgluteals: (maximus, medius, minimus) - tensor fasciae latae
lateral rotator group: piriformis - obturator externus/obturator internus - inferior gemellus/superior gemellus - quadratus femoris
THIGHanterior compartment: sartorius - quadriceps (rectus femoris, vastus lateralis, vastus intermedius, vastus medialis) - articularis genu

posterior compartment/hamstring: biceps femoris - semitendinosus, semimembranosus

medial compartment: gracilis - pectineus - adductor (brevis, longus, magnus)
LEGanterior compartment: tibialis anterior - extensor hallucis longus - extensor digitorum longus - fibularis tertius

posterior compartment: superficial - calf/triceps surae (gastrocnemius, soleus) - plantaris - deep - popliteus - tarsal tunnel (flexor hallucis longus, flexor digitorum longus, tibialis posterior)

lateral compartment: fibularis muscles (longus, brevis)
FOOTdorsal - extensor digitorum brevis - extensor hallucis brevis
plantar - 1st layer (abductor hallucis, flexor digitorum brevis, abductor digiti minimi) - 2nd layer (quadratus plantae, lumbrical muscle) - 3rd layer (flexor hallucis brevis, adductor hallucis - flexor digiti minimi brevis) - 4th layer (dorsal interossei, plantar interossei)
 
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