Small gluteus muscle
Small gluteus muscle, m. Gluteus minimus, similar in shape to the previous, but much thinner in diameter. The entire muscle is covered by the middle gluteus muscle . It starts from the outer surface of the wing of the ilium , between the anterior and lower gluteal lines. Then the muscle bundles, converting, pass into the tendon, attached to the anterior edge of the large trochanter; Here there is a sternum bag of the small gluteus muscle, bursa trochanterica m. Glutei minimi.
Function: like the middle gluteus muscle, it withdraws the leg and takes part in the straightening of the bent trunk.
Innervation: n. Gluteus superior (plexus sacralis) (LIV-SI).
Blood supply: aa. Glutea superior, circumflexa femoris lateralis.
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