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gluteus maximus

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The largest and most superficial of the three gluteal muscles [WP,unvetted]. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gluteus_maximus_muscle ]

Term info

Label

gluteus maximus

Synonyms
  • gluteus maximus muscle
  • glutæus maximus
  • m.gluteus maximus
database cross reference
Subsets

uberon_slim

depicted by

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/70/Posterior_Hip_Muscles_3.PNG

has related synonym

gluteus superficialis, glutaeus maximus muscle, musculus gluteus maximus

id

UBERON:0001370

taxon notes

In humans, it makes up a large portion of the shape and appearance of the buttocks. It is a broad and thick fleshy mass of a quadrilateral shape, and forms the prominence of the nates. Its large size is one of the most characteristic features of the muscular system in humans, connected as it is with the power of maintaining the trunk in the erect posture. The muscle is remarkably coarse in structure, being made up of fasciculi lying parallel with one another and collected together into large bundles separated by fibrous septa.