Corpus: Hip muscles

The muscles of the hip is a group of skeletal muscles located at or around the hip joint.

The hip muscles surround the hip joint as a muscle sheath. They originate from the bony pelvis and attach to the proximal part of the thigh bone (femur).

Depending on the initial position, the muscles move the thigh when the pelvis is fixed and the pelvis when the thigh is fixed. The hip muscles are therefore of central importance for standing and walking.

The hip muscles are categorised topographically and functionally into:

• Inner hip muscles
• Outer hip muscles
• Deep hip muscles

The thigh adductors also mainly act on the hip joint. They can therefore also be categorised as hip muscles. However, as their muscle mass is not localised in the pelvic area but in the thigh, some authors include them in the thigh muscles. Some authors also list them as an independent muscle group.

Internal hip musculature[Bearbeiten]

• iliopsoas muscle
  • iliacus muscle
  • Musculus psoas major
• Musculus psoas minor (inconstant)
• Musculus iliocapsularis

External hip muscles[Bearbeiten]

• Musculus gluteus maximus
• Musculus gluteus medius
• Musculus gluteus minimus
• Musculus tensor fasciae latae

Deep hip muscles[Bearbeiten]

• Musculus gemellus inferior
• Musculus gemellus superior
• Musculus obturator internus
• Musculus obturator externus (also counted among the adductors)
• Musculus piriformis
• Musculus quadratus femoris (also counted among the adductor muscles)

Adductor group[Bearbeiten]

• Musculus adductor magnus
• Musculus adductor longus
• Musculus adductor brevis
• Musculus adductor minimus
• Musculus gracilis
• Musculus pectineus