Anatom3DGluteus maximus
Musculus gluteus maximus · Velký sval hýžďový
Muscles
Looks like
The largest muscle of the body, a thick quadrilateral forming the shape of the buttock.
What it does
Straightens the hip — climbing stairs, standing up and running — and keeps the trunk upright.
Keeping it well
Weakens with long sitting; squats, stairs and bridges keep it strong. It is the usual site for injections into muscle.
Related conditions
- Botulism
- Chronic venous insufficiency
- Fibromyalgia
- Frailty & falls in older age
- Heat exhaustion & heatstroke
- Lymphatic filariasis (elephantiasis)
- Lymphoedema
- Malnutrition & refeeding syndrome
- Muscular dystrophy
- Piriformis syndrome
- Polymyalgia rheumatica
- Restless legs syndrome
- Rhabdomyolysis
- Sarcoma
- Sarcopenia
- Tetanus
- Varicose veins