Middle gluteal muscle
Musculus gluteus medius
Abducts the thigh.
- 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
- by fleshy fibres (1) from the superficial sacral fascia; (2) from the lateral surface of the fascia which covers the surface of the supraspinous extensor muscles of the tail; (3) from the fascia intervening between it and the tensor fasciae latae; (4) by ...
- Insertion
- into the proximal end of the great trochanter.
- Action
- Abducts the thigh.
- Nerve
- Cranial gluteal nerve.
Written for Vetomica in its own words from the standard reference anatomy of the cat; the books it was checked against are listed below.
Terminology
- English
- Middle gluteal muscle
- Latin (NAV)
- Musculus gluteus medius
- Status
- A valid term in the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria
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