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Muscles of Hip and Femur
Collectively the muscles that act on femur called Iliopsoas, and share a common tendon to femur. Muscles that adduct. cause lateral rotation of leg, are also discussed here
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Anatomy
Undergraduate 4
10/16/2010

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Term

Iliacus

Definition

 o:  Iliac fossa (depression)

 

 i:  Lessor trochanter and nearby shaft of femur

 

 a:  Flexes hip, medial rotation of femur

 

Part of Iliopsoas

Term

 

Psoas Major

Definition

o:  Vertebrae T12 - L5

 

i:  Less trochanter of femur

 

a:  Flexes hip and rotation of femur

 

Part of Ilioposoas

Term

Tensor Fasciae Latae

Definition

o:  Iliac crest

 

i:  Lateral condyle of tibia

 

a:  ip flexion, ability to move knee inward, medial rotation

Term

 

Gluteus maximus

Definition

o:  Posterior iliac crest,  Ilium line, & lower sacrum

 

i:  Femur

 

a:  Abduction and lateral rotation

Term

Gluteus medius and minimus

Definition

 

o:  Ilium

 

 i:  Great trochanter of femur

 

 a:  Abduction and medial rotation

Term

 

Adductor longus

Definition

 

o:  Pubis bone

 

i:  Femur

 

a:  Adduction; moves leg back in towards / center as we walk (keeps us from looking like cowboy walk)

Term

 

Gracilis

Definition

 

o:  Pubis

 

 i:  Tibia

 

 a:  Adduction of femor

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