1) Hip adductor 2) The buttocks
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(from the article `muscle system, human`) ...have shifted in modern humans in relation to the hip joint, so that they now act as abductors to balance the trunk on the weight-bearing leg ... ...muscles of the buttocks, stretching from the back portion of the pelvic girdle (hipbone) down to the greater trochanter, the bony protuberance at...
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The large, powerful muscle in each of the buttocks which helps give them their rounded shape. The gluteus maximus is responsible for moving the thigh sideways and backwards.
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<anatomy, muscle> Origin, ilium behind posterior gluteal line, posterior surface of sacrum and coccyx, and sacrotuberous ligament; insertion, iliotibial band of fascia lata (superficial three-quarters) and gluteal ridge (deep inferior one-quarter) of femur; action, extends thigh, especially from the flexed position, as in climbing stairs or r...
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Muscle originating form the lateral surface of the ilium, dorsal surface of the sacrum and coccyx, and the sacrotuberus ligament, and inserting into the iliotibial tract of the facia lata, and the gluteal tuberosity of femur. It is responsible for the extension. abduction, and lateral rotation of the thigh.
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(muscle) Type: Term Definitions: 1. superficial muscle of buttock; origin, ilium behind posterior gluteal line, posterior surface of sacrum and coccyx, and sacrotuberous ligament; insertion, iliotibial band of fascia lata (superficial three quarters) and gluteal ridge (deep inferior one quarter) of femur; action, extends thigh, e...
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Gluteus maximus: The greatest gluteal muscle and the biggest muscle in the human body. The gluteus maximus forms the bulk of the buttocks. It acts to extend the upper leg, spread it, and turn it outward. There are two other gluteal muscles called the gluteus medius and gluteus minimus. Together with the gluteus maximus, they may sound like three Ro...
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The gluteus maximus is the most powerful and largest muscle in the body. It is a thick, fleshy, quadrilateral muscle that forms the major volume of the buttock. It originates from the ilium and the posterior surface of the sacrum and coccyx, descends downward and outward from its origin and wraps around the outer back corner of the pelvis to insert...
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n] - the outermost of the three gluteal muscles
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muscle located to the rear and above the legs - often called the butt
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noun the outermost of the three gluteal muscles
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It is the outermost among the three gluteal, or buttock, muscles.
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the broad, thick, outermost muscle of the buttocks, involved in the rotation and extension of the thigh. · the buttocks.
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