intermuscular gluteal bursae

intermuscular gluteal bursae
bursae intermusculares musculorum gluteorum [TA] several sacs that surround the tendon attaching the gluteus maximus to the femur; called also gluteofascial bursae and gluteofemoral bursae.

Medical dictionary. 2011.

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