[2] It is also considered to be part of the short external rotators of the hip, along with the gemellus superior and inferior, piriformis, and quadratus femoris.

The fibers springing from the pubic arch extend on to the inner surface of the bone, where they obtain a narrow origin between the margin of the foramen and the attachment of the obturator membrane.

The fibers converge and pass posterolateral and upward, and end in a tendon which runs across the back of the neck of the femur and lower part of the capsule of the hip joint and is inserted into the trochanteric fossa of the femur.

This muscle originates from the upper part of the inferior pubic ramus from where it runs downwards and laterally.

[8] This article incorporates text in the public domain from page 477 of the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)