RELATIONS OF THE PIRIFORMIS (NON MUSCULAR)
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SUMMARY
ALL STRUCTURES APPEAR THROUGH THE GREATER SCIATIC FORAMEN, ABOVE
AND BELOW THE PIRIFORMIS
ABOVE
1. Superior gluteal nerve.
2. Superior gluteal vessels.
BELOW
1. Inferior gluteal nerve.
2. Inferior gluteal vessels.
3. Peudendal nerve and vessels.
4. Nerve to the obturator internus.
5. Sciatic nerve.
6. Posterior femoral cutaneous nerve (lying on the sciatic nerve).
7. Nerve to the quadratus femoris.
Reference(s)
R.M.H McMinn (1998). Last’s anatomy: regional and applied. Edinburgh: Churchill Livingstone.
Gray, H., Carter, H.V. and Davidson, G. (2017). Gray’s anatomy. London: Arcturus.
