Definition of Iliopsoas. Meaning of Iliopsoas. Synonyms of Iliopsoas

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Definition of Iliopsoas

Iliopsoas
Iliopsoas Il`i*o*pso"as, n. (Anat.) The great flexor muscle of the hip joint, divisible into two parts, the iliac and great psoas, -- often regarded as distinct muscles.

Meaning of Iliopsoas from wikipedia

- common name iliopsoas. The iliopsoas muscle joins to the femur at the lesser trochanter. It acts as the strongest flexor of the hip. The iliopsoas muscle is...
- gluteal group; the lateral rotator group; the adductor group; and the iliopsoas group. The muscles of the hip consist of four main groups The gluteal...
- persistently painful iliopsoas symptoms surgical release of the contracted iliopsoas tendon has been used since 1984. Iliopsoas and iliotibial band lengthening...
- Iliopsoas bursitis is inflammation of a bursa (synovial sac) lying between iliopsoas muscle and hip joint, lateral to femoral vessels. Pain is experienced...
- iliacus muscle and the psoas major form the iliopsoas, which is surrounded by the iliac fascia. The iliopsoas runs across the iliopubic eminence through...
- iliopsoas group of hip flexors in the abdomen, and consequently indicates that the inflamed appendix is retrocaecal in orientation (as the iliopsoas muscle...
- or the iliopsoas bursa is a large synovial bursa that separates the external surface of the hip joint capsule from the tendon of the iliopsoas muscle...
- by other spinal nerves. The muscles are: quadratus lumborum (partly) iliopsoas muscle (partly) The second lumbar spinal nerve (L2) originates from the...
- position The leg raise is a strength training exercise which targets the iliopsoas (the anterior hip flexors). Because the abdominal muscles are used isometrically...
- The iliopsoas is innervated by the femoral nerve and direct branches from the lumbar plexus. In open-chain exercises, as part of the iliopsoas, the iliacus...