See Also: greater psoas muscle(medicine)
smaller psoas muscle(medicine)
psoas minor muscle(medicine)
greater rhomboid muscle(medicine)
greater pectoral muscle(medicine)
greater zygomatic muscle(medicine)
greater posterior rectus muscle of head(medicine)
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greater psoas muscle (medicine)


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psoas major
<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).

Synonym: musculus psoas major, greater psoas muscle.