Iliac muscle

Iliac muscle

Beginning: fossa iliaca, crista iliaca, po linea arcuata

Attachment: trochanter minor

Innervation: n. femoralis, direct branches from plexus lumbalis L₁–L₃ .

Functions: flexion, external rotation, auxiliary adduction at hip joint

Connects with m. psoas major and m. psoas minor to common m. iliopsoas which is covered by the fascia iliaca.

Links

• ČIHÁK,. Anatomy 1. 2. edition. Grada, 2001. 497 pp. ISBN 80-7169-970-5.

• VIGUÉ, Jordi. Atlas of the Human Body. 3. edition. Rebo, 2007. ISBN 978-80-7234-881-7.