Iliac muscle



Beginning: fossa iliaca, crista iliaca, po linea arcuata

Attachment: trochanter minor

Innervation: n. femoralis, direct branches from plexus lumbalis L1–L3.

Functions: flexion, external rotation, auxiliary adduction at hip joint

Connects with m. psoas major and m. psoas minor to common m. iliopsoas which is covered by the fascia iliaca.