gluteus medius in dogs

One of three gluteal muscles, is a broad, thick, radiating muscle, situated on the outer surface of the pelvis. Its posterior third is covered by the gluteus maximus, its anterior two-thirds by the gluteal aponeurosis, which separates it from the superficial fascia and integument. [WP,unvetted]. Every claim on this page comes from the Leumas anatomy graph and carries its source.

What the gluteus medius is

One of three gluteal muscles, is a broad, thick, radiating muscle, situated on the outer surface of the pelvis. Its posterior third is covered by the gluteus maximus, its anterior two-thirds by the gluteal aponeurosis, which separates it from the superficial fascia and integument. [WP,unvetted]. The atlas records it as a muscle at the organ scale in the dog.

Where the gluteus medius is

It sits in the pelvis and trunk, within the muscular system. Only the region is known. The position shown is somewhere plausible inside it and nothing more.

What the gluteus medius connects to

The atlas records 5 typed relationships for it, across 5 kinds of connection. part of musculature of pelvic girdle.

Supply and innervation

This dataset asserts no arterial supply, venous drainage or innervation for the gluteus medius. Only a minority of structures carry those edges here, so an empty answer means nothing has been recorded — not that there is nothing to record.

Also called

Also recorded as gluteus medius muscle and musculus gluteus medius. Searching any of those names reaches this page.

Source

Uberon multi-species anatomy ontology (Mungall et al.), CC BY 4.0. Term UBERON:0001371, version 2026-06-19, retrieved 2026-08-24. Licence: CC-BY-4.0.

• Part of: musculature of pelvic girdle.
• A kind of: gluteal muscle.
• Attaches to: greater trochanter.
• inserts into: greater trochanter.
• originates from: ilium.

Questions

Where is the gluteus medius?

It sits in the pelvis and trunk, within the muscular system. Only the region is known. The position shown is somewhere plausible inside it and nothing more.

What does the gluteus medius connect to?

Part of: musculature of pelvic girdle.

Is the gluteus medius the same in other species?

This page describes the dog. The human record of the same structure sits beside it on /compare, over one shared model rather than two atlases built separately.