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Iliacus muscle: Structure, Function & Overview

The iliacus is a flat, triangular muscle which fills the iliac fossa. It forms the lateral portion of iliopsoas, providing flexion of the thigh and lower limb at the acetabulofemoral joint.

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Iliacus muscle topic overview

The analysis highlights Structure, Function and Overview as prominent areas in the source structure around Iliacus muscle.

Related topics
21
Source areas
3
Connected nodes
24
Extracted relationships
16
Related term clusters
20
Bridge connections
24

What this topic covers Research coverage

Source areas are shown by the number of related topics found in each part of the analysis. Use smaller areas too: they can reveal specialized angles and content gaps.

Structure · 9 topics
Overview · 7 topics
Function · 5 topics

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Key facts & relationships

High-confidence facts extracted from structured source data. Use them as anchors for further research.

Actions
Flexes and rotates medially thigh[citation needed]
Antagonist
Gluteus maximus
Artery
Medial femoral circumflex artery, iliac branch of iliolumbar artery
FMA
22310
Insertion
Base of the lesser trochanter of femur
Latin
musculus iliacus

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Overview

Structure

Function

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How Iliacus muscle connects Entity context

The extracted context around Iliacus muscle shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, Iliacus muscle → Animation, Iliac, Internal, Position, Right Another extracted example is Iliacus muscle → Flexes and rotates medially thigh[citation needed]. Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.

Iliacus muscle

Top relations

related to Additional images · 5
Iliacus muscle → Animation, Iliac, Internal, Position, Right
Actions · 1
Iliacus muscle → Flexes and rotates medially thigh[citation needed]
Antagonist · 1
Iliacus muscle → Gluteus maximus
Artery · 1
Iliacus muscle → Medial femoral circumflex artery, iliac branch of iliolumbar artery
FMA · 1
Iliacus muscle → 22310
Insertion · 1
Iliacus muscle → Base of the lesser trochanter of femur
Latin · 1
Iliacus muscle → musculus iliacus
Nerve · 1
Iliacus muscle → Femoral nerve
Origin · 1
Iliacus muscle → Upper two-thirds of the iliac fossa
Pronunciation · 1
Iliacus muscle → /ɪˈlaɪ.əkəs/

Important terminology

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Important terminology

iliacus iliopsoas iliac fossa lesser muscle femur nerve thigh joint thieme trochanter hip psoas major anatomy pelvis isbn position shown

Iliacus muscle relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

TTTA extracted 16 structured relationships around Iliacus muscle. Examples in this analysis include Iliacus muscle → Actions → Flexes and rotates medially thigh[citation needed] and Iliacus muscle → Antagonist → Gluteus maximus. The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Iliacus muscleActionsFlexes and rotates medially thigh[citation needed]1.00infobox
Iliacus muscleAntagonistGluteus maximus1.00infobox
Iliacus muscleArteryMedial femoral circumflex artery, iliac branch of iliolumbar artery1.00infobox
Iliacus muscleFMA223101.00infobox
Iliacus muscleInsertionBase of the lesser trochanter of femur1.00infobox
Iliacus muscleLatinmusculus iliacus1.00infobox
Iliacus muscleNerveFemoral nerve1.00infobox
Iliacus muscleOriginUpper two-thirds of the iliac fossa1.00infobox
Iliacus musclePronunciation/ɪˈlaɪ.əkəs/1.00infobox
Iliacus muscleTA225941.00infobox
Iliacus muscleTA98A04.7.02.0031.00infobox
Iliacus musclerelated to Additional imagesPosition0.60section

Related concept clusters Related term clusters

The concept neighborhoods around Iliacus muscle bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include Muscle, Origin and Position. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.

  • Iliacus muscle
    • Muscle
    • Origin
    • Position
    • Red
    • Shown
    • Femur
    • Fossa
    • Hip
    • Iliac
    • Lesser
    • Fills
    • Triangular
  • iliacus muscle
    • Position
    • Red
    • Shown
    • Muscle
    • Origin
    • Femur
    • Fossa
    • Hip
    • Iliac
    • Triangular
    • Lesser
    • Bone
  • hip joint
    • Bone
    • Origin
    • Lesser
    • Iliacus
    • Lateral
    • Exercises
    • Forward
    • Insertion
    • Muscles
    • Nerve
    • Pelvis
    • Position
  • femur
    • Insertion
    • Trochanter
    • Lesser
    • Iliacus
    • Bone
    • Exercises
    • Femoral
    • Forward
    • Front
    • Muscles
    • Nerve
    • Origin
  • hip bone
    • Bone
    • Hip
    • Origin
    • Lesser
    • Femoral
    • Iliacus
    • Insertion
    • Muscles
    • Nerve
    • Position
    • Red
    • Shown
  • iliac fossa
    • Fossa
    • Iliac
    • Upper
    • Muscle
    • Iliacus
    • Triangular
    • Bone
    • Femoral
    • Insertion
    • Muscles
    • Nerve
    • Origin
  • femoral nerve
    • Femoral
    • Nerve
    • Bone
    • Insertion
    • Muscles
    • Origin
    • Position
    • Red
    • Shown
    • Thigh
    • Upper
    • Femur
  • anterior inferior iliac spine
    • Fossa
    • Upper
    • Muscle
    • Iliacus
    • Triangular
    • Bone
    • Femoral
    • Insertion
    • Muscles
    • Nerve
    • Origin
    • Position

Connections between topic areas Semantic bridges

For Iliacus muscle, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects Iliacus muscle with Structure. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.

Min side: 3
Iliacus muscle — Structure · splits 15 ⟂ 10
Iliacus muscle — Overview · splits 17 ⟂ 8
Iliacus muscle — Function · splits 19 ⟂ 6

Map overview Semantic statistics

Iliacus muscle

Nodes25
Edges24
Triples16
Avg. degree1.92
Density0.08
Components1

Source & methodology

TTTA analyzes the structure around Iliacus muscle to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as Structure, Function & Overview, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.

Source: Wikipedia — Iliacus muscle · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout

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