- Model side
- Left
- Region
- Gluteal region
Recognize the muscle
The broad superficial muscle behind the hip.
Sources: Gluteal region overview
Attachment overview
Attachments include posterior ilium, sacrum, coccyx and sacrotuberous ligament; distally, the iliotibial tract and femoral gluteal tuberosity.
Sources: Gluteal anatomy table
Main actions
Extends and externally rotates the thigh.
This is a static surface model, not a simulation of contraction, joint motion or individual strength.
Sources: Gluteal anatomy table
Innervation
Inferior gluteal nerve.
Nerves and blood vessels are not included in this model.
Sources: Gluteal anatomy table
Read the model
Explore left gluteus maximus in 3D
- Inspect the selected muscle. Start with Back. Isolate the broad surface, then restore context to compare it with the hip bone and femur.
- Compare the hip region. Open the same-side hip study for two bones and fifteen muscle selections. The complete pelvis and all hip muscles are not yet available. Left hip in 3D →
- Read the neighboring guides. Compare maximus, medius and minimus using the three cards. Each link retains the chosen side. Left gluteal guides →
Sources and editorial status
This guide uses independently written explanations with links to the evidence behind them. Source checking and specialist anatomical review are separate steps; the latter is still pending.
- TTUHSC El Paso — Hip & posterior thigh anatomy tables
Introductory attachment, action and innervation summaries for maximus, medius and minimus.
- OpenStax — Pelvic girdle and lower-limb muscles
Relative depth of the three gluteal muscles. Viewer instructions describe Anatomio, not the source textbook.
3D geometry and its separate license are credited beneath the viewer. References do not imply endorsement of this site.