- Origin
- Gluteal surface of ilium , under gluteus maximus , Aponeurosis glutea
- Insertion
- Greater trochanter of the femur
- Artery
- Superior gluteal artery
- Nerve
- Superior gluteal nerve (L4, L5, S1 nerve roots)
- Actions
- Abduction of the hip ; preventing adduction of the hip. Medial/internal rotation and flexion of the hip (anterior fibers). Extension and lateral/external rotation of the hip (posterior fibers)
- Antagonist
- Adductors
- Latin
- musculus glutaeus medius
- Ta98
- A04.7.02.007