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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