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Descriptor English: Psoas Muscles
Descriptor Spanish: Músculos Psoas
Descriptor músculos psoas
Scope note: Un poderoso flexor del muslo en la articulación de la cadera (psoas mayor) y un débil flexor del tronco y del segmento lumbar de la columna vertebral (psoas menor). El término psoas tiene su origen en el griego psoa, que en plural significa músculos del dorso. Es un sitio común de infecciones en forma de absceso (ABSCESO DEL PSOAS). Los músculos psoas y sus fibras también se utilizan con frecuencia en experimentos sobre fisiología muscular.
Descriptor Portuguese: Músculos Psoas
Descriptor French: Muscle iliopsoas
Entry term(s): Muscle, Psoas
Muscles, Psoas
Psoas Muscle
Tree number(s): A02.633.567.825
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D016658
Scope note: A powerful flexor of the thigh at the hip joint (psoas major) and a weak flexor of the trunk and lumbar spinal column (psoas minor). Psoas is derived from the Greek psoa, the plural meaning muscles of the loin. It is a common site of infection manifesting as abscess (PSOAS ABSCESS). The psoas muscles and their fibers are also used frequently in experiments in muscle physiology.
Annotation: IM for anat & site of dis; NIM in studies on muscle tissue & fibers; infection = probably PSOAS ABSCESS; /growth: coord with MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; /embryol: coord with MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT if pertinent
Allowable Qualifiers: AB abnormalities
AH anatomy & histology
BS blood supply
CH chemistry
CY cytology
DE drug effects
DG diagnostic imaging
EM embryology
EN enzymology
GD growth & development
IM immunology
IN injuries
IR innervation
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
PA pathology
PH physiology
PP physiopathology
PS parasitology
RE radiation effects
SU surgery
TR transplantation
UL ultrastructure
VI virology
Previous Indexing: Muscles (1968-1991)
Public MeSH Note: 92
History Note: 92
DeCS ID: 29858
Unique ID: D016658
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Date Established: 1992/01/01
Date of Entry: 1991/02/11
Revision Date: 2008/07/08
Psoas Muscles - Preferred
Concept UI M0025385
Scope note A powerful flexor of the thigh at the hip joint (psoas major) and a weak flexor of the trunk and lumbar spinal column (psoas minor). Psoas is derived from the Greek psoa, the plural meaning muscles of the loin. It is a common site of infection manifesting as abscess (PSOAS ABSCESS). The psoas muscles and their fibers are also used frequently in experiments in muscle physiology.
Preferred term Psoas Muscles
Entry term(s) Muscle, Psoas
Muscles, Psoas
Psoas Muscle



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