Psoas Fascia Flashcards
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Psoas fascia
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- Covers Psoas major muscle
- Thickened above forming medial arcuate ligament
- Medial attached to lumbar vertebrae bodies and intervertebral discs
- Lateral blends above with fascia on quadratus lumborum
- Below continue with fascia iliaca
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Applied anatomy: spine TB
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Leads to caseous material collection between Psoas major its fascia forming Psoas cold abscess which present as abdominal swelling and another swelling in thigh upper part with cross fluctuation in between