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
database cross reference
- NCIT:C52933
- null:http://www.snomedbrowser.com/Codes/Details/181675000
- null:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gluteus_medius_muscle
- null:http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/umls/id/C0224425
- galen:GluteusMedius
- FMA:22315
- EMAPA:19163
- MA:0002310
- UMLS:C0224425 (ncithesaurus:Gluteus_Medius)
Subsets
uberon_slim
Term relations
Subclass of:
- gluteal muscle
- attaches_to some greater trochanter
- has_muscle_origin some ilium
- has_muscle_insertion some greater trochanter