Quadratus femoris
Hips & glutes
Deep muscle — it lies under other muscles. X-ray makes the muscles over it see-through.
- Origin
- Lateral border of the ischial tuberosity
- Insertion
- Intertrochanteric crest of the femur
- Action
- Laterally rotates the hip and stabilises the joint
- Nerve supply
- Nerve to quadratus femoris (L4–S1)
A flat, square muscle, the lowest of the deep hip rotators. It sits between the gemellus inferior and the top of the adductor magnus.
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