The psoas is a deep-seated core muscle connecting the lumbar vertebrae to the femur. The psoas major is the biggest and strongest player in a group of muscles called the hip flexors: together they contract to pull the thigh and the torso toward each other.
7 photos: Photos: Tallest man meets shortest man. Chandra, meet Sultan â Chandra Bahadur Dangi, at 21Â½ inches the shortest adult ever verified by Guinness World Records, poses Thursday in London with the world's tallest man, Sultan Kosen, who stands 8 feet 3 inches tall.
Jyoti Amge (born 16 December 1993) is an Indian woman notable for being the world's smallest living woman according to Guinness World Records. Following Amge's 18th birthday on 21 December 2011, she was officially declared the world's smallest woman by Guinness World Records with a height of 62.8 centimetres (2 ft 0.6 in). Her restricted height is due to a growth abnormality called achondroplasia. Amge was featured in the 2009 documentary entitled Body Shock: Two Foot Tall Teen.