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Piriformis muscle: History & Regions

The piriformis muscle (from Latin piriformis 'pear-shaped') is a flat, pyramidally-shaped muscle in the gluteal region of the lower limbs. It is one of the six muscles in the lateral rotator group.

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Piriformis muscle topic overview

The analysis highlights History and Regions as prominent areas in the source structure around Piriformis muscle.

Related topics
37
Source areas
5
Connected nodes
42
Extracted relationships
25
Related term clusters
27
Bridge connections
42

What this topic covers Research coverage

Source areas are shown by the number of related topics found in each part of the analysis. Use smaller areas too: they can reveal specialized angles and content gaps.

Structure · 19 topics
Overview · 10 topics
Function · 5 topics
History · 2 topics
Clinical significance · 1 topics

Smaller areas are not necessarily less important. They contain fewer connections in this analysis and can be useful for finding specialized angles or coverage gaps.

Key facts & relationships

High-confidence facts extracted from structured source data. Use them as anchors for further research.

Actions
External rotator of the thigh
Artery
Inferior gluteal, lateral sacral and superior gluteal artery,
FMA
19082
Insertion
Greater trochanter
Latin
musculus piriformis
Nerve
Nerve to the piriformis (L5, S1, and S2)

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Overview

Structure

Function

Clinical significance

History

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How Piriformis muscle connects Entity context

The extracted context around Piriformis muscle shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, Piriformis muscle → Corticosteroids, Diagnosis, MRIs, Piriformis, Sciatica, Sitting, Surgery, X-rays Another extracted example is Piriformis muscle → Adriaan, Padua, Spiegel, University. Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.

Piriformis muscle

Top relations

related to Piriformis syndrome · 8
Piriformis muscle → Corticosteroids, Diagnosis, MRIs, Piriformis, Sciatica, Sitting, Surgery, X-rays
related to history · 4
Piriformis muscle → Adriaan, Padua, Spiegel, University
related to Variation · 2
Piriformis muscle → Beaton's, Several
Actions · 1
Piriformis muscle → External rotator of the thigh
Artery · 1
Piriformis muscle → Inferior gluteal, lateral sacral and superior gluteal artery,
FMA · 1
Piriformis muscle → 19082
Insertion · 1
Piriformis muscle → Greater trochanter
Latin · 1
Piriformis muscle → musculus piriformis
Nerve · 1
Piriformis muscle → Nerve to the piriformis (L5, S1, and S2)
Origin · 1
Piriformis muscle → Sacrum

Important terminology

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Important terminology

piriformis muscle nerve gluteal sciatic lateral region superior greater sacrum femur posterior inferior hip syndrome muscles trochanter rotator origin external

Piriformis muscle relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

TTTA extracted 25 structured relationships around Piriformis muscle. Examples in this analysis include Piriformis muscle → Actions → External rotator of the thigh and Piriformis muscle → Artery → Inferior gluteal, lateral sacral and superior gluteal artery,. The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Piriformis muscleActionsExternal rotator of the thigh1.00infobox
Piriformis muscleArteryInferior gluteal, lateral sacral and superior gluteal artery,1.00infobox
Piriformis muscleFMA190821.00infobox
Piriformis muscleInsertionGreater trochanter1.00infobox
Piriformis muscleLatinmusculus piriformis1.00infobox
Piriformis muscleNerveNerve to the piriformis (L5, S1, and S2)1.00infobox
Piriformis muscleOriginSacrum1.00infobox
Piriformis muscleTA226041.00infobox
Piriformis muscleTA98A04.7.02.0111.00infobox
physical therapyinstance ofthe side effects of such surgery can be much worse than those of alternative treatments0.80text
Piriformis musclerelated to FunctionAbduction0.60section
Piriformis musclerelated to historyAdriaan0.60section

Related concept clusters Related term clusters

The concept neighborhoods around Piriformis muscle bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include Piriformis, Nerve and Sciatic. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.

  • Piriformis muscle
    • Piriformis
    • Nerve
    • Sciatic
    • Region
    • Gluteal
    • Sacrum
    • Syndrome
    • Hip
    • Front
    • Trochanter
    • Femur
    • Inferior
  • piriformis muscle
    • Piriformis
    • Nerve
    • Sciatic
    • Region
    • Sacrum
    • Gluteal
    • Syndrome
    • Hip
    • Front
    • Sacral
    • Surface
    • Trochanter
  • muscle
    • Piriformis
    • Nerve
    • Sacrum
    • Gluteal
    • Front
    • Sciatic
    • Sacral
    • Surface
    • Trochanter
    • Inferior
    • Posterior
    • Greater
  • gluteal
    • Region
    • Syndrome
    • Inferior
    • Piriformis
    • Posterior
    • Greater
    • Nerve
    • Superior
    • Also
    • Buttocks
    • Muscles
    • Sciatic
  • lateral rotator group
    • Rotator
    • Rotators
    • Muscles
    • Thigh
    • External
    • Insertion
    • Origin
    • Group
    • Lateral
    • Also
    • Buttocks
    • Front
  • greater trochanter
    • Trochanter
    • Insertion
    • Superior
    • Inferior
    • Muscles
    • Sacrum
    • Sciatic
    • Posterior
    • Origin
    • Syndrome
    • Also
    • Pelvis
  • piriformis nerve
    • Sciatic
    • Nerve
    • Piriformis
    • Buttocks
    • Region
    • Syndrome
    • Sacrum
    • Hip
    • Sciatica
    • Front
    • Trochanter
    • Femur
  • anterior (front) surface
    • Origin
    • Sacrum
    • Sacral
    • Surface
    • Trochanter
    • External
    • Greater
    • Group
    • Insertion
    • Upon
    • Also
    • Buttocks

Connections between topic areas Semantic bridges

For Piriformis muscle, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects Piriformis muscle with Structure. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.

Min side: 3
Piriformis muscle — Structure · splits 23 ⟂ 20
Piriformis muscle — Overview · splits 32 ⟂ 11
Piriformis muscle — Function · splits 37 ⟂ 6
Piriformis muscle — History · splits 40 ⟂ 3

Map overview Semantic statistics

Piriformis muscle

Nodes43
Edges42
Triples25
Avg. degree1.95
Density0.046512
Components1

Source & methodology

TTTA analyzes the structure around Piriformis muscle to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as History & Regions, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.

Source: Wikipedia — Piriformis muscle · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout

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