loading...| Preferred Name |
gluteus maximus |
| Synonyms |
m.gluteus maximus musculus gluteus maximus gluteus superficialis gluteus maximus muscle glutæus maximus glutaeus maximus muscle |
| Definitions |
The largest and most superficial of the three gluteal muscles [WP,unvetted]. |
| ID |
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0001370 |
| database_cross_reference |
EMAPA:18527 NCIT:C52560 Wikipedia:Gluteus_maximus_muscle SCTID:181674001 FMA:22314 MA:0002309 UMLS:C0224424 |
| definition |
The largest and most superficial of the three gluteal muscles [WP,unvetted]. |
| depicted by |
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/70/Posterior_Hip_Muscles_3.PNG |
| has exact synonym |
m.gluteus maximus gluteus maximus muscle glutæus maximus |
| has muscle antagonist |
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0001298 |
| has muscle insertion | |
| has muscle origin | |
| has related synonym |
musculus gluteus maximus gluteus superficialis glutaeus maximus muscle |
| has_obo_namespace |
uberon |
| id |
UBERON:0001370 |
| in_subset |
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/uberon/core#uberon_slim http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/uberon/core#human_reference_atlas |
| label |
gluteus maximus |
| notation |
UBERON:0001370 |
| part_of | |
| prefLabel |
gluteus maximus |
| present_in_taxon | |
| taxon_notes |
In humans, it makes up a large portion of the shape and appearance of the buttocks. It is a broad and thick fleshy mass of a quadrilateral shape, and forms the prominence of the nates. Its large size is one of the most characteristic features of the muscular system in humans, connected as it is with the power of maintaining the trunk in the erect posture. The muscle is remarkably coarse in structure, being made up of fasciculi lying parallel with one another and collected together into large bundles separated by fibrous septa. |
| treeView | |
| subClassOf |
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0002000 |