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Gluteal region
attachment/actions and innervations of gluteal muscles
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Gluteus Maximus: Proximal Attachment | Posterior aspect of the ilium, posterior to the posterior gluteal fold |
| Gluteus Maximus: Distal Attachment | Iliotibial tract and gluteal tuberosity |
| Gluteus Maximus: Action | Extends thigh; rotates thigh laterally |
| Gluteus Maximus: Innervation | Inferior Gluteal Nerve |
| Gluteus Medius: PA | Posterior surface of ilium between the anterior and posterior gluteal lines |
| Gluteus Medius: DA | Superior and lateral surface of greater trochanter |
| Gluteus Medius:Action | Abducts thigh; rotates thigh medially |
| Gluteus Medius: Innervation | Superior Gluteal Nerve |
| Gluteus Minimus: PA | Posterior surface of ilium between anterior and inferior gluteal lines |
| Gluteus Minimus: DA | Anterior surface of greater trochanter |
| Gluteus Minimus: Action | Abducts thigh; rotates thigh medially |
| Gluteus Minimus: Innervation | Superior Gluteal Nerve |
| Piriformis: PA | Pelvis surface of the sacrum and sacrotuberous ligament |
| Piriformis: DA | Medial and superior surface of greater trochanter by passing through the greater sciatic notch |
| Piriformis: Action | Rotates thigh laterally; abducts flexed thigh |
| Piriformis: Innervation | Branches from Sacral nerves 1 and 2 within the pelvis |
| Superior Gemellus: PA | Ischial spine and sacrospinous ligament |
| Superior Gemellus: DA | Tendon of obturator internus m. |
| Superior Gemellus: Action | Rotates thigh laterally; abducts flexed thigh |
| Superior Gemellus: Innervation | Nerve to Obturator Internus |
| Obturator Internus: PA | Obturator membrane (overlying the obturator foramen); pelvic surface and adjacent bone (portions of pubis and ischium) |
| Obturator Internus: DA | Trochanteric fossa after entering the pelvis through the lesser sciatic notch |
| Obturator Internus: Action | Roates thigh laterally; abducts flexed thigh |
| Obturator Internus: Innervation | Nerve to obturator internus |
| Inferior Gemellus: PA | Ischial tuberosity |
| Inferior Gemellus: DA | Tendon of obturator internus m. |
| Inferior Gemellus: Action | Rotates thigh laterally; abducts flexed thigh |
| Inferior Gemellus: Innervation | Nerve to quadratus femoris |
| Quadratus Femoris: PA | Ischial tuberosity |
| Quadratus Femoris: DA | Intertrochanteric crest and inferior to crest |
| Quadratus Femoris: Action | Rotates thigh laterally |
| Quadratus Femoris: Innervation | Nerve to quadratus femoris |