dictionary help| greater psoas muscle --> psoas major | medical dictionary |
<anatomy, muscle> Origin, bodies of vertebrae and intervertebral disks from the twelfth thoracic to the fifth lumbar, and transverse processes of the lumbar vertebrae; insertion, forms a common insertion with iliacus muscle into lesser trochanter of femur; action, flexes hip joint; nerve supply, lumbar plexus (ventral rami of first, second and usually third lumbar spinal nerves).
Synonyms: musculus psoas major, greater psoas muscle.
(05 Mar 2000)
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