Piriformis muscle information

It is innervated by the piriformis nerve. The piriformis is a flat muscle, and is pyramidal in shape. The piriformis muscle originates from the anterior...

Piriformis syndrome is a condition which is believed to result from nerve compression at the sciatic nerve by the piriformis muscle. It is a specific...

well known muscular cause of extraspinal sciatica is piriformis syndrome. The piriformis muscle is directly adjacent to the course of the sciatic nerve...

syndrome is first proposed to replace piriformis syndrome. 2003 - First endoscopic surgery to release the piriformis muscle in the deep gluteal space. 2005...

The piriformis nerve, also known as the nerve to piriformis, is the peripheral nerve that provides motor innervation to the piriformis muscle. The nerve...

which runs between it and the piriformis muscle. The coccygeus muscle assists the levator ani and piriformis muscle in closing in the back part of the...

small muscles of the hip which all externally (laterally) rotate the femur in the hip joint. It consists of the following muscles: piriformis, gemellus...

to the gluteus medius, gluteus minimus, tensor fasciae latae, and piriformis muscles; it also has a cutaneous branch. The superior gluteal nerve originates...

sheaths of the obturator internus muscle (fascia of the obturator internus) the piriformis muscle (fascia of the piriformis) the pelvic floor (b) fascia associated...

the piriformis can be recognized. The inferior gluteal nerve leaves the pelvis through the greater sciatic foramen, passing inferior to the piriformis muscle...

minimus muscle originates between the anterior and inferior gluteal lines, and from the margin of the greater sciatic notch. The piriformis muscle originates...

It is formed by the sacrotuberous and sacrospinous ligaments. The piriformis muscle passes through the foramen and occupies most of its volume. The greater...

region in the brain Piriformis muscle, a gluteal muscle Piriformis syndrome, a neuromuscular disorder in which piriformis muscle compresses the sciatic...

The muscle cells of skeletal muscles are much longer than in the other types of muscle tissue, and are often known as muscle fibers. The muscle tissue...

the junior women's 63kg category. At the age of 19, she injured her piriformis muscle in her left buttock and it took two years to recover her strength...

Many large and small muscles have relationships with the ligaments of the sacroiliac joint including the piriformis (see "piriformis syndrome", a condition...

anterior to the piriformis muscle. Near its origin, it is medial to the external iliac vein, which lies between it and the psoas major muscle. It is above...

foramen. It exits the pelvis inferior to the piriformis muscle, between piriformis muscle and coccygeus muscle.[citation needed] It then descends in the...

: 215 : 157  The pudendal nerve passes between the piriformis muscle and coccygeus (ischiococcygeus) muscles and leaves the pelvis through the lower part of...

the piriformis muscle, then promptly divides into a superficial branch and a deep branch. The superficial branch passes over the piriformis muscle. It...

transition area between the head and neck is quite rough due to attachment of muscles and the hip joint capsule. Here the two trochanters, greater and lesser...

roots unite to form a single nerve in front of the piriformis muscle. The nerve passes beneath piriformis and through the greater sciatic foramen, exiting...

This is a table of skeletal muscles of the human anatomy, with muscle counts and other information. Skeletal muscle maps Anterior view Posterior view...

external rotators of the hip, along with the gemellus superior and inferior, piriformis, and quadratus femoris. It arises from the margin of bone immediately...

Piriformis ROM". Exrx.net. Retrieved February 19, 2015. Hogervorst, T.; Vereecke, E. E. (January 2015). "Evolution of the human hip. Part 2: muscling...

Together these muscles are commonly referred to as the "iliopsoas". This group consists of the externus and internus obturators, the piriformis, the superior...

or tension in the piriformis muscle of the pelvis (which rests on the sciatic nerve), in which case the condition is called piriformis syndrome; pain usually...

gluteal nerve exits the pelvis via greater sciatic foramen superior to the piriformis. The nerve also courses between the gluteus medius and minimus. The superior...

axis. MRT has been used to identify sacral nerve entrapment by the piriformis muscle, which would otherwise only be diagnosable with exploratory surgery...

are separated by prominent ridges of bone which give origin to the piriformis muscle. If a sagittal section be made through the center of the sacrum, the...