{"id":185259,"date":"2022-09-23T08:06:27","date_gmt":"2022-09-23T08:06:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/?p=185259"},"modified":"2022-09-23T08:06:27","modified_gmt":"2022-09-23T08:06:27","slug":"gemellus-muscle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/gemellus-muscle\/","title":{"rendered":"Gemellus muscle"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Either of the two muscles (gemelli muscles) that attach to the medial surface of the greater trochanter of the femur (i.e., the trochanteric fossa) where they mesh with the tendon of the obturator internus muscle. The superior gemellus muscle arises from the ischial spine and is innervated by the nerve to the obturator internus; the inferior arises from the ischial tuberosity and is innervated by the femoral nerve. Both muscles hold the head of the femur in the acetabulum, rotate (laterally) the thigh in extension, and abduct the thigh when it is flexed.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Either of the two muscles (gemelli muscles) that attach to the medial surface of the greater trochanter of the femur (i.e., the trochanteric fossa) where they mesh with the tendon of the obturator internus muscle. The superior gemellus muscle arises from the ischial spine and is innervated by the nerve to the obturator internus; the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-185259","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-g"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Gemellus muscle - Definition of Gemellus muscle<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Either of the two muscles (gemelli muscles) that attach to the medial surface of the greater trochanter of the femur (i.e., the trochanteric fossa) where they mesh with the tendon of the obturator internus muscle. 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