gluteus medius
Americannoun
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glutei medii
plural
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Etymology
Origin of gluteus medius
< New Latin: middle gluteus
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It acts as a synergist of the gluteus medius and iliopsoas in flexing and abducting the thigh.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
When it contracts, taking its fixed point at the pelvis, the gluteus medius extends the thigh, which it is also able to abduct.
From Artistic Anatomy of Animals by ?douard Cuyer
The muscles which specially interest us in this region, because of their superficial position, are the gluteus maximus and the gluteus medius.
From Artistic Anatomy of Animals by ?douard Cuyer
Contraction of muscular fibers of the gluteus medius causes extension of the femur and muscular strain is prevented to a great degree by the inelastic portion of this muscle.
From Lameness of the Horse Veterinary Practitioners' Series, No. 1 by John Victor Lacroix
Plates of the outer and inner tables still remained connected by their periosteum to the deep aspects of the iliacus and gluteus medius muscles.
From Surgical Experiences in South Africa, 1899-1900 Being Mainly a Clinical Study of the Nature and Effects of Injuries Produced by Bullets of Small Calibre by George Henry Makins
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