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Definition of Gluteus minimus
1. Noun. The innermost of the three gluteal muscles.
Medical Definition of Gluteus minimus
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Gluteus Minimus
Literary usage of Gluteus minimus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Anatomy, Descriptive and Surgical by Henry Gray (1901)
"This muscle should now be divided near its insertion aud turned upward, when the
gluteus minimus will be exposed. The gluteus minimus, the smallest of the ..."
2. Surgery, Gynecology & Obstetrics by American College of Surgeons, Franklin H. Martin Memorial Foundation (1914)
"The anterior border of the gluteus minimus is defined and an elevator thrust
backward under it and beneath the tip of the great trochanter. ..."
3. University of Toronto Studies by University of Toronto (1900)
"... but looks upon it as a portion of the gluteus minimus. ... the gluteus medius
and the gluteus minimus together as forming a single muscular mass, ..."
4. Proceedings by Royal Physical Society of Edinburgh (1904)
"more anterior part of gluteus minimus according to Bischoff. ... It arises from
the dorsum ilii between gluteus minimus and tensor fascia ..."
5. Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy by Royal Irish Academy (1883)
"A deep inner lamina of gluteus minimus passing with the tendon of the latter to
its insertion, and separated from it by a thin layer of areolar tissue. ..."
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