gluteus medius
Musculus glutaeus medius
In 16 atlases
- Adult male (BodyParts3D)
- Real CT case s0462: female, 77
- Real CT case s0616: male, 58
- Real CT case s0751: male, 62
- Real CT case s0923: female, 41
- Real CT case s0963: female, 58
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Definition
one of the three gluteal muscles
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Description from Wikidata (https://www.wikidata.org/), available under CC0 1.0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/).
Relations
- Origin
- iliac crest, anterior superior iliac spine, gluteal surface of ilium
- Insertion
- greater trochanter
- Action
- abducting of the hip joint, internal rotation
- Innervation
- superior gluteal nerve
- Arterial supply
- superior gluteal artery
Sub-structures
Neighbouring structures
Practice questions
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Identifiers
- TA2
- 2599
- TA98
- A04.7.02.007
- FMA
- 22315
- UBERON
- 0001371
- Wikidata
- Q1126170