Musculus psoas major

psoas major muscle

Beginning: vertebral bodies T 12 –L 5 , processus costarii L 1 –L 5 .

Attachment: trochanter minor.

Innervation: nervus femoralis, direct branches from plexus lumbalis L 1 –L 3 .

Function: flexion, external rotation, auxiliary adduction in the hip joint .

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References

• ČIHÁK, Radomír. Anatomie 1. 2. edition. Grada, 2001. 497 pp. ISBN 80-7169-970-5.

• VIGUÉ, Jordi. Atlas lidského těla. 3. edition. Rebo, 2007. ISBN 978-80-7234-881-7.