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* The '''Iliopsoas''' - the strongest muscle of the girdle

* The '''Iliopsoas''' - the strongest muscle of the girdle

** Function: Flexion of the hip and outward rotation of the stifle. ie. draws hindlimb forward

** Function: Flexion of the hip and outward rotation of the stifle. ie. draws hindlimb forward

** In all animals, except carnivores were they are fused, the muscle can be divided into two distinct parts.

** In all animals, except carnivores where they are fused, the muscle can be divided into two distinct parts.

** The '''Greater Psoas''' - the lumbar portion.

** The '''Greater Psoas''' - the lumbar portion.

*** Origin: last thoracic vertebrae and ribs and the bodies and transverse processes of the lumbar vertebrae.

*** Origin: last thoracic vertebrae and ribs and the bodies and transverse processes of the lumbar vertebrae.

** Origin: Ventral aspect of the transverse processes of the lumbar vertebrae and the proximal ends of the ribs

** Origin: Ventral aspect of the transverse processes of the lumbar vertebrae and the proximal ends of the ribs

** Insertion: Ventral aspect of the wings of the ilium and sacrum.

** Insertion: Ventral aspect of the wings of the ilium and sacrum.

===Rump Muscles===

===Rump Muscles===