Iliopsoas

Other Names

• Hip
• Hip Flexors

Heads

1. Iliacus
2. Psoas
   • Major
   • Minor

Movement

Hip

• Flexion [1, 2]

Spine (Thoracic & Lumbar)

• Rotation [2]

Attachments

Origin

• Ilium [1 ]
  • Inner Surface
• Sacrum [1 ]
  • Base
• Vertebral Column (Lateral Surface) [2 ]
  • Thoracic Vertebrae (T-12)
  • Lumbar Vertebrae (L1-5)
  • Intervebral Discs

Insertion

• Femur
  • Lesser Trochanter [2 ]
  • Shaft below Lesser Trochanter [1 ]
• Tendon of Psoas Major & Femur [1 ]

Related Muscles

• Pectineus
• Sartorius
• Rectus Femoris
• Tensor Fasciae Latae

Comments

See hip flexor inflexibility.