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psoas major muscle

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The psoas major is a long fusiform muscle placed on the side of the lumbar region of the vertebral column and brim of the lesser pelvis. It joins the iliacus muscle to form the iliopsoas. In less than 50 per cent of subjects the psoas major is accompanied by the psoas minor. [WP,unvetted]. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psoas_major_muscle ]

Term info

Label

psoas major muscle

Synonyms
  • psoas major
database cross reference
Subsets

uberon_slim

depicted by

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e2/Anterior_Hip_Muscles_2.PNG

has related synonym

m. psoas major

id

UBERON:0001298