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What is the name of the large muscle at the top of the thigh that covers the hip joint in the posterior?
The large muscle at the top of the thigh that covers the hip joint in the posterior is called the gluteus maximus.
Where is the largest muscle in the human body?
gluteus maximus is the largest muscle sartorius muscle is the longest muscle
Is the gluteus maximus the largest of the gluteus muscles in the cat?
The largest gluteal muscle in the cat is the gluteus medius as opposed to the misconception that it is the gluteus maximus. Though the gluteus maximus is very large in humans, this muscle is found to be small in the cat.
What system is gluteus maximus?
The gluteus maximus is not a system. It is a muscle. It is part of the muscular system. It is the most prominent muscle of your buttocks.
What is a sentence for gluteus maximus?
The gluteus maximus is the largest muscle in the human body and is responsible for hip extension and external rotation.
What is the first largest muscle in the human body?
gluteus maximus is the largest muscle in your body
What is the muscle that holds the gluteus maximus called?
Gluteus Medius
What movement of the thigh does contraction of the gluteus maximus produce?
Contractions of the gluteus maximus muscle causes (hyper)extension of the thigh.
What is the name of the muscle that you use to sit in a chair?
You sit on your gluteus maximus. It is the part of your lower back sometimes referred to as your buttocks or posterior.
Where would you find the gluteus maximus muscle?
The combination of the three muscles Gluteus Maximus, Gluteus Medius and Gluteis Minimus are called the Buttocks (I guess this is the common name but its often used a technical term). Oddle these muscles are are the posterior part of the Pelvis and act to Extend the Thigh (pull it back) and Abduct it (pull it out to the side). The Outermose of the three is also the larges, glutes maximus, the innermost is the smallest, gluteus minimus and in the muddle is gluteus medius.
What is the name of the muscle in the buttocks?
The main muscle in the buttocks is the gluteus maximus. There are two other muscles in the buttocks as well - the gluteus medius and gluteus minimus - that help with various movements of the hip and thigh.
Is the gluteus maximus muscle very lazy?
yes! the gluteus maximus is lazy because it only lets you sit!
