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 ]
Term information
- Wikipedia:Gluteus_medius_muscle
- MA:0002310
- EMAPA:19163
- NCIT:C52933
- UMLS:C0224425 (ncithesaurus:Gluteus_Medius)
- galen:GluteusMedius
- SCTID:181675000
- FMA:22315
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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].
Term relations
- gluteal muscle
- connected anatomical structure
- has muscle origin some ilium
- attached to some greater trochanter
- part of some musculature of pelvic girdle
- has muscle insertion some greater trochanter