iliopsoas muscle
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Iliopsoas Muscle

Introduction The iliacus and psoas major muscles combine to form the iliopsoas, a large complex muscle of the inner hip. Other muscles of the inner hip besides the iliopsoas are the quadratus femoris, piriformis, superior and inferior gemellus, obturator externus, and psoas minor. The psoas major section of the iliopsoas originates from the twelfth thoracic…