Dog · Muscle · Pelvic limb
Gluteus medius
Musculus gluteus medius
Strong hip extensor that also abducts the limb and turns the thigh medially.
- System
- Muscle
- Region
- Pelvic limb
- Sides
- Paired: left and right
Where it runs from and to
A muscle is told apart from its neighbours by what it takes hold of at each end, which is also what decides what it does when it shortens.
- Origin
- Iliac crest and the broad gluteal surface of the iliac wing.
- Insertion
- Greater trochanter on the proximal femur.
- Action
- Strong hip extensor that also abducts the limb and turns the thigh medially.
- Nerve
- Cranial gluteal nerve.
Written for Vetomica in its own words from the standard reference anatomy of the dog; the books it was checked against are listed below.
What it works on
Largest gluteal; partly covered by gluteus superficialis and tensor fasciae latae.
Bones it takes hold of
- Ilium
- Femur
Muscles and ligaments it works with
- Gluteus superficialis
- Gluteus profundus
- Piriformis
- Tensor of the fascia lata
- Iliacus
- Longissimus lumborum
Terminology
- English
- Gluteus medius
- Latin (NAV)
- Musculus gluteus medius
- Status
- A valid term in the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria
References
Where to read this structure in full, and where the named parts above were read.
- NAV 2017Myologia: musculi membri pelvini
- Miller's Anatomy of the Dog, 5th ed.The Muscular System: muscles of the pelvic limb
- König & LiebichMuscles of the pelvic limb
- Dyce, Sack & WensingThe hindlimb of the carnivores
- Miller 2020 (book pass)ch. 6 The Muscular System, PDF p. 604
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