Musculus gluteus maximus

gluteus maximus muscle

Origin: iliac blade (dorsal to linea glutea posterior ), os sacrum , os coccygis , fascia thoracolumbalis, crista iliaca (spina iliaca anterior superior), laterocaudal to attachment

Insertion: tuberositas glutea, trochanter major femoris , part of the bundles to the tractus iliotibialis .

Innervation: n. gluteus inferior (from L 4 −S 2 ).

Function:

1. hip joint − extension, external rotation, abduction (anterior bundle), adduction (posterior bundle);
2. knee joint − helps fix extension.

When standing upright it overlaps the tuber ischiadicum , when sitting it is outside it.

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Related articles

• Musculus gluteus minimus
• Musculus gluteus medius

References

• ČIHÁK, Radomír – GRIM, Miloš. Anatomie. 2., uprav. a dopl edition. Grada Publishing, 2002. 470 pp. vol. 1. ISBN 80-7169-970-5.

• VIGUÉ, Jordi. Atlas lidského těla. 3. edition. Rebo, 2007. ISBN 978-80-7234-881-7.