Nerve to the Piriformis
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| Nerve: Nerve to the Piriformis | ||
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| Plan of sacral plexus and pudendal plexus. (Label "to piriformis" is at center left.) | ||
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| The piriformis and nearby muscles | ||
| Latin | nervus musculi piriformis | |
| Gray's | subject #213 957 | |
| Innervates | piriformis muscle | |
| From | sacral plexus (S1–S2) | |
| Dorlands/Elsevier | n_05/12566208 | |
The nerve to piriformis is a nerve that innervates the piriformis muscle.
[edit] Course
The nerve to piriformis originates in the sacral plexus. It arises from the dorsal division of the second sacral nerve, or the dorsal divisions of the first and second sacral nerves, and enters the anterior surface of the piriformis muscle; this nerve may be double.
[edit] See also
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