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The innervation is supplied by the inferior gluteal nerve, a branch of the sacral plexus (L4-S2). Numerous vessels and nerves run under the gluteus maximus muscle, including the sciatic nerve, the pudendal nerve and the superior gluteal vessels.
The primary function of the Gluteus Medius is shared with the Gluteus Minimus and that is to abduct the thigh at the hips, medially and laterally rotating the thigh at the hips as well as stabilizing the body when one foot is raised off the ground during walking and running.