One of three gluteal muscles, is a broad, thick, radiating muscle, situated on the outer surface of the pelvis. Its posterior third is covered by the gluteus maximus, its anterior two-thirds by the gluteal aponeurosis, which separates it from the superficial fascia and integument. [WP,unvetted]. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gluteus_medius_muscle ]
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Term information
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cross reference
- FMA:22315
- MA:0002310
- null:http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/umls/id/C0224425
- galen:GluteusMedius
- UMLS:C0224425 (ncithesaurus:Gluteus_Medius)
- EMAPA:19163
- NCIT:C52933
- null:http://www.snomedbrowser.com/Codes/Details/181675000
- null:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gluteus_medius_muscle
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uberon_slim
definition
- One of three gluteal muscles, is a broad, thick, radiating muscle, situated on the outer surface of the pelvis. Its posterior third is covered by the gluteus maximus, its anterior two-thirds by the gluteal aponeurosis, which separates it from the superficial fascia and integument. [WP,unvetted].
depicted by
- http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/70/Posterior_Hip_Muscles_3.PNG
has obo namespace
- uberon
has related synonym
- gluteus medius muscle
- musculus gluteus medius
id
- UBERON:0001371
taxon notes
- A&P heads in rat, single head in humans[DOI:10.1002/ar.22919]
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