Inferior gemellus muscle


inferior gemellus muscle inferior ge·mel·lus muscle (jə-měl’əs)
n.
A muscle with its origin from the tuberosity of the ischium, with insertion to the tendon of the internal obturator muscle, with nerve supply from the sacral plexus, and whose action rotates the thigh laterally.

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