THE MUSCLES OF THE GLUTEAL REGION 475

anterior two-thirds by the gluteal

aponeurosis, which separates it

from the superficial fascia and

integument. It arises from the
outer surface of the ilium between
the iliac crest and posterior glu-
teal line above, and the anterior
gluteal line below; it also arises
from the gluteal aponeurosis
covering its outer surface. The
fibers con\erge to a strong flat-
tened tendon, which is inserted
into the oblique ridge which runs
downward and forward on the
lateral surface of the greater tro-
chanter. A bursa separates the
tendon of the muscle from the
surface of the trochanter over
which it glides.
Variations. —
The posterior border
may be more or less closely imited to
the Piriformis, or some of the fibers end
on its tendon.
The Glutaeus minimus, the small-
est of the three Gluttiei, placedis

immediately beneath the preced-

ing. It is fan-shaped, arising from
the outer surface of the iliimi,
between the anterior and inferior
gluteal lines, and behind, from
the margin of the greater sciatic
notch. The fibers converge to
the deep surface of a radiated
aponeurosis, and this ends in a
tendon which is inserted into an
impression on the anterior border
of the greater trochanter, and
gives an expansion to the capsule
of the hip-joint. A bursa is
interposed between the tendon
and the greater trochanter. Be-
tween the Gluttieus medius and Medial
hamstring Lateral
Glut;>^us minimus are the deep ,tendons Jmmsiring
branches of the superior gluteal tendon
Sartor ius -
vessels and the superior gluteal Biceps
Gracilis
femoris
nerve. The deep surface of the Semitendinosus
Gluta?us minimus is in relation Semi-
inembraivosus
with the reflected tendon of the
Rectus femoris and the capsule
of the hip-joint.
Variations. —
The muscle niay be di-
^nded into an anterior and a posterior
part, or it may send slips to the Piri-
formis, the Gemellas superior or the
outer part of the origin of the Vastus
lateralis. FiQ. 434 — Muscles of the gluteal and posterior femoral regions.