Illl. Ml SCLES «U llll. Jill'. 





joint then- is a bursa which not infrequently communi 

 lineal but I 



\ minor I . ] 



thin muscle, lying upon the psoas major and ari rom th< the last 



first lumbar vi i and from the intervertebral d en the two. I 



into a flat tendon which b ntinuous with the ili; j the ih' 



ith tin- in the 



the iliope< lineal eminen 



l 

 I 



I HE GLUTEAL MUSCLES. 



. lutfleus maximus 

 a 1 !e, particularly thick* ii 



in the gluteal region im- 

 mediatel) th the skin. I' red bya thin 



layi aid by the la\ 



which d in this situation. 



Tin- mus< le : rom tl 



the ilium I terior glutt al 



line and the tion "t" the iliac crest, from 



the po um ami coi ind 



im the ligament in this situa- 



tion), ami from ti ro-tubcrous ligament. Its 



filn 3 from >wnward and from within 



outward. The! inusually thick and dis- 



tinctly I from ea< h other by penetrating septa 



ia ami he lower i im * iculi are the 



long< 'St, and this portion <>i" the muscle i> twi 

 thick as the upper (outer I segment. 



IV superficial fib die musd dally 



those of die upper weaker half , pas the greater trochanter to th the 



fasci ' see] ; the deeper fibers, particularly the lot inferioi 



into the gluteal tuberosity. 



The inner and upper margin of the glutaeus maximus is in relation with th 

 oi the lumbodorsal fascia, where this structure gives origin to the latis rnal 



portion is in relation with the glutaeus medius and the gluteal - the lat 



muscle. It runs over the tuberosity ^i the ischium and the origins oi tin 



e page 218), 1 tese latter making their appearance beneath th. . below the innerand lower 



a the 



* The glutxus maximus is i in the human body. 



