gluteus
any of several muscles of the buttocks, especially the gluteus maximus.
Origin of gluteus
1Words Nearby gluteus
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How to use gluteus in a sentence
Kardashian, ever the opportunist, no doubt surveyed the gluteus landscape and wanted in on the cultural “conversation.”
Kim Kardashian Bares Her Shiny, Bounteous Butt, Breaks the Internet | Marlow Stern | November 12, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe rod is straight while the body follows the curves of the vertebral column and the gluteus muscles.
Pedagogical Anthropology | Maria MontessoriWhen it contracts, taking its fixed point at the pelvis, the gluteus medius extends the thigh, which it is also able to abduct.
Artistic Anatomy of Animals | douard CuyerAs for the gluteus minimus, it is deeply situated, and more or less sharply marked off from the second of the preceding muscles.
Artistic Anatomy of Animals | douard CuyerCarlsson did not find a femoral nerve supply for M. gluteus profundus.
Variation in the Muscles and Nerves of the Leg in | E. Bruce Holmes
Wilcox , studying a loon, did not find any peroneal supply to M. extensor iliotibialis lateralis or to M. gluteus profundus.
Variation in the Muscles and Nerves of the Leg in | E. Bruce Holmes
British Dictionary definitions for gluteus
glutaeus
/ (ɡlʊˈtiːəs) /
any one of the three large muscles that form the human buttock and move the thigh, esp the gluteus maximus
Origin of gluteus
1Derived forms of gluteus
- gluteal or glutaeal, adjective
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