What is a covalent compound made of many small repeating units linked together in a chain? A polymer would fit that description. Also, a protein which is made of many amino acids hooded together by a peptide bond, which is a covalent bond.
Hip abductors are muscles on the other side of the leg and they do the opposite motion, by bringing the leg away from the middle of the body. It would look funny if humans stood around adducting and abducting their leg, but itâs more complex than thatâ¦.
Gluteus medius arises from this part of the ilium. Itâs inserted here, on the outer aspect of the greater trochanter. Though gluteus medius is mainly an abductor as weâll see, its anterior part also produces medial rotation at the hip. The last of the abductors is called the tensor fascia lata. Before we look at it, we need to digress for a minute, and get acquainted with the structure that gives it its name, the fascia lata.