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gluteus
A large muscle in the buttocks in a group of three (gluteus maximus, gluteus medius, and gluteus minimus) that moves the thigh in humans, especially the gluteus maximus.
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gluteus maximus (s), glutei maximi (pl); musculus gluteus maximus
1. The outermost of the three large gluteus muscles that form each buttock in humans.
2. The greatest gluteal muscle and the biggest muscle in the human body.

The gluteus maximus forms most of the buttocks and it acts to extend the upper leg, spread it, and turn it outward.

There are two other gluteal muscles called the gluteus medius and the gluteus minimus. Together with the gluteus maximus, they are the muscles on which we sit.

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gluteus medius (s), glutei medii (pl); musculus gluteus medius
The middle muscle of the three muscles found in each of the human buttocks which arises from the outer surface of the ilium and which is inserted into the greater trochanter (points at which hip and thigh muscles are attached) of the femur (bone from the hip to the knee).
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gluteus minimus (s), glutei minimi (pl); musculus gluteus minimus
The innermost muscle of the three muscles found in each of the human buttocks that comes up from the outer surface of the ilium (wide flat upper part of the pelvis) and which is inserted into the greater trochanter (points at which hip and thigh muscles attach) of the femur (thigh bone, extending from the pelvis to the knee).

It is the smallest and deepest gluteal muscle.

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sulcus gluteus, gluteal fold
A prominent fold that marks the upper limit of the thigh from the lower limit of the buttock.

It coincides with the lower border of the gluteus maximus muscle and is the furrow between the buttock and the thigh.

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vena gluteus, gluteal vein
Veins that drain the gluteal muscles on either side of the body.
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