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gluteus
[ gloo-tee-uhs, gloo-tee- ]
noun
- any of several muscles of the buttocks, especially the gluteus maximus.
gluteus
/ ɡlʊˈtiːəs /
noun
- any one of the three large muscles that form the human buttock and move the thigh, esp the gluteus maximus
Derived Forms
- gluˈteal, adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of gluteus1
Word History and Origins
Origin of gluteus1
Example Sentences
Kardashian, ever the opportunist, no doubt surveyed the gluteus landscape and wanted in on the cultural “conversation.”
The rod is straight while the body follows the curves of the vertebral column and the gluteus muscles.
When it contracts, taking its fixed point at the pelvis, the gluteus medius extends the thigh, which it is also able to abduct.
As for the gluteus minimus, it is deeply situated, and more or less sharply marked off from the second of the preceding muscles.
Carlsson did not find a femoral nerve supply for M. gluteus profundus.
Wilcox , studying a loon, did not find any peroneal supply to M. extensor iliotibialis lateralis or to M. gluteus profundus.
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