Hip Flexion (all flexes at the hip joint)

Muscles that Flex the Hip: they cross the anterior side of coral joint

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Psoas Major Muscle _{^{(mon-articular)}}

• Origin: Lumbar vertebrae

• Insertion: Lesser trochanter of femur

• _{^{Action: Flexes at the hip joint; flexes joints of vertebral column}}

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Iliacus Muscle _{^{(mon-articular)}}

• Origin: Iliac fossa

• Insertion: Lesser trochanter of femur

• _{^{Action: Flexes at the hip joint; flexes joints of vertebral column}}

Iliopsoas Muscle _{^{(a deep muscle consisting of two muscles: the psoas major and the iliacus; mon-articular)}}

• Below inguinal ligament, muscle semi-merges

Rectus fomoris satorius

Bi-Articular Muscle