New Orleans landmark. This French Quarter hotel opened in 1886 and is within 4 blocks of Jackson Square, Canal St shops, Harrah's New Orleans Casino, CafÃ© du Monde, and the restaurants and jazz clubs of lively Bourbon St.
either of two muscles, one on each side of the loin, extending internally from the sides of the spinal column to the upper end of the femur, which assist in flexing and rotating the thigh and flexing the trunk on the pelvis. Origin of psoas Expand. Greek.
The psoas major is a lengthy fusiform (or âspindle-shapedâ) muscle that can be found on the side of the lumbar region of the vertebral column. It is also adjacent to the brim of the lesser pelvis area. It connects the iliacus muscle to the iliopsosas. In some individuals, the muscle is assisted by the psoas minor. The muscle is divided into two parts; it has both a superficial part and a deep part.