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Henry Tsao wrote:

> To all:
>
> I have 2 questions:
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> 2. I have read in Travell and Simons Trigger Point Manual that the iliopsoas
> muscle is enveloped with the lumbar Sympathetic plexus... but can never find
> any clarification in anatomy texts. Can any refute or confirm this.
>
> Thank you in advance.
>
> Henry***
>

Check out Netter's Atlas of Human Anatomy plates number304 and 326 and you can
see how the individual slips of origin of the psoas are organized in such a way
as to permit passage of the sympathetic ganglia and the autonomic nerves.

Mike