Muscle Name: Gluteus Medius

Medical Name:

• Gluteus Medius

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 (anterior fibers)
  • Rotating the thigh inward
• Lateral rotation of the hip joint (posterior fibers)
  • Rotating the thigh outward
• Stabilization of the pelvis
  • Maintaining pelvic stability during walking and standing

Attachment:

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

Related Muscles:

• Gluteus Maximus
• Tensor Fasciae Latae
• Piriformis
• Quadratus Femoris
• Obturator Internus

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