psoas minor muscle
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Psoas minor muscle — Muscle infobox Name = Psoas minor muscle Latin = m. psoas minor GraySubject = 127 GrayPage = 467 Caption = Muscles of the iliac and anterior femoral regions. (Psoas minor visible near top right.) Origin = Side of T12+L1 and IV Disc between… … Wikipedia
Psoas major muscle — Infobox Muscle Name = Psoas major muscle Latin = m. psoas major GraySubject = 127 GrayPage = 467 Caption = The psoas major and nearby muscles Caption2 = Horizontal disposition of the peritoneum in the lower part of the abdomen. (Psoas major… … Wikipedia
Psoas — can refer to: * Psoas major muscle * Psoas minor muscle … Wikipedia
psoas hitch — a type of ureteroneocystostomy in which the urinary bladder is raised within the abdominal cavity and sutured to the psoas minor muscle or tendon, in order for a ureter with a gap at the inferior end to be reimplanted. Psoas hitch in which the… … Medical dictionary
Muscle — is the tissue of the body which primarily functions as a source of power. There are three types of muscle in the body. Muscle which is responsible for moving extremities and external areas of the body is called "skeletal muscle." Heart… … Medical dictionary
Muscle petit psoas — (an avant du muscle grand psoas) Le muscle petit psoas (en latin psoas minor) est un muscle du membre pelvien ou inférieur ou communément jambe , et qui appartient plus précisément aux muscles ventraux de la ceinture pelvienne, qui rattache le… … Wikipédia en Français
Muscle petit-psoas — (en avant du muscle grand psoas) Le muscle petit psoas (en latin psoas minor) est un muscle du membre pelvien ou inférieur ou communément jambe , et qui appartient plus précisément aux muscles ventraux de la ceinture pelvienne, qui rattache le… … Wikipédia en Français
psoas — major; n. a muscle in the groin that acts jointly with the iliacus muscle to flex the hip joint. A smaller muscle, psoas minor, has the same action but is often absent … The new mediacal dictionary
musculus psoas minor — [TA] smaller psoas muscle: origin, last thoracic and first lumbar vertebrae; insertion, pectineal line, iliopectineal eminence, iliac fascia; innervation, first lumbar; action, flexes trunk. Absent in 40 to 50 per cent of persons … Medical dictionary
Psoas — Muscles of the lower back (the loin). There are two psoas muscles on each side of the back. The larger of the two is called the psoas major and the smaller the psoas minor. The psoas major originates at the spine around the bottom of the rib cage … Medical dictionary
