A reference to a gluteal muscle and the greater trochanter of the femur (the thigh bone which extends from the pelvis to the knee).

The greater trochanter is a large projection of the femur, to which are attached various muscles, including the gluteus medius, gluteus maximus, and obturator internus which functions to rotate the thigh laterally and to extend and to abduct or to pull the thigh away from the body when it is flexed.