Muscle Name: Gluteus Minimus

Medical Name:

• Gluteus Minimus

Other Names:

• None

Head:

• None (Single muscle)

Movement:

• Abduction of the hip joint
  • Lifting the leg away from the midline of the body
• Medial rotation of the hip joint
  • Rotating the thigh inward
• Anterior fibers assist in flexion and medial rotation of the hip joint

Attachment:

• Origin:
  • External surface of the ilium between the anterior and inferior gluteal lines
• Insertion:
  • Anterior surface of the greater trochanter of the femur

Related Muscles:

• Gluteus Medius
• Gluteus Maximus
• Tensor Fasciae Latae
• Piriformis
• Quadratus Femoris

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