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Psoas minor muscle
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| Psoas minor muscle | ||
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| Muscles of the iliac and anterior femoral regions. (Psoas minor visible near top right.) | ||
| Latin | m. psoas minor | |
| Gray's | subject #127 467 | |
| Origin: | Side of T12+L1 and IV Disc between | |
| Insertion: | Pectineal line and iliopectineal eminence | |
| Artery: | ||
| Nerve: | L1 | |
| Action: | Weak trunk flexor | |
| Antagonist: | Gluteus maximus | |
| MeSH | Psoas+Muscles | |
| Dorlands/Elsevier | m_22/12550283 | |
The psoas minor is a long, slender muscle that is placed (when present) in front of the psoas major muscle. It is absent in 40% of individuals.[1]
It arises from the sides of the bodies of the twelfth thoracic and first lumbar vertebrae and from the intervertebral discs separating them. It ends in a long flat tendon which is inserted into the pectineal line and iliopectineal eminence, and, by its lateral border, into the iliac fascia.
- ^ Patrick W., Tank (2005). Grant's Dissector, 13th ed., Hagerstwon, MD: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 93. ISBN 0-7817-5484-4.
 Right hip bone. Internal surface. |
 Right femur. Posterior surface. |
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