Sciatic nerve

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Clinical significance

Sciatica Spinal disc herniation Degenerative disc disease Lumbar spinal stenosis Spondylolisthesis

27 related topics

Structure

Sacral Spinal cord Lumbosacral trunk Piriformis muscle Greater sciatic foramen

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Society and culture

Jewish law Hebrew Gid hanasheh Jacob Angel

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Function

Skin Anterior Lateral compartments

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FMA: 19034
From: Lumbar and sacral plexus (L4-S3)
Innervates: Lateral rotator group (except piriformis and quadratus femoris) and the posterior compartment of thigh
Latin: nervus ischiadicus
MeSH: D012584
Pronunciation: /saɪˈætɪk/

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Overview

Nerve
Sacral plexus
Lower limb
Human body
Spinal nerves Spinal nerve
L4 Lumbar spinal nerve 4
S3 Sacral spinal nerve 3
Fibres Axon
Lumbosacral plexus

Structure

Sacral Sacrum
Spinal cord
Lumbosacral trunk
Piriformis muscle
Greater sciatic foramen
Popliteal fossa
Posterior compartment of the thigh Posterior compartment of thigh
Adductor magnus muscle
Biceps femoris muscle
Tibial nerve
Posterior compartment of the leg
Common fibular nerve
Common peroneal nerve
Anterior Anterior compartment of leg
Lateral compartments of the leg Lateral compartment of leg
Foot

Function

Skin
Anterior Anterior compartment of the leg
Lateral compartments Lateral compartment of the leg

Clinical significance

Sciatica
Spinal disc herniation
Degenerative disc disease
Lumbar spinal stenosis
Spondylolisthesis
Piriformis syndrome
Coughing Cough
Hypertension
Sneezing
Hip Hip replacement
Methyl methacrylate
Palsy
Spinal stenosis
Spinal decompression
Inversion therapy
Osteotomy
Endoscopy
Minimally invasive
Deep gluteal syndrome
Resection Segmental resection
Piriformis
Obturator internus
Quadratus femoris
Hamstring
Pain signals Pain signal
Regional nerve blockade Local anesthetic nerve block
Sciatic nerve block

Society and culture

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Nodes66

Edges65

Triples53

Avg. degree1.97

Density0.030303

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Sciatic nerve

Top relations

related to Structure · 9

Sciatic nerve → At, From, In, L4, L5, S1, S3, The, These

related to External links · 8

Sciatic nerve → Duke University Health System's, Georgetown University, Image19503pelvis, Orthopedics, Sciatic, Sciatica, The Anatomy Lesson, Wesley Norman

related to Society and culture · 6

Sciatic nerve → According, Gid, Hebrew, Jacob's, Jewish, Jews

related to Injury · 5

Sciatic nerve → Burch-Schneider, Following, It, Sciatic, The

related to Additional images · 4

Sciatic nerve → Nerves, Posterior, Sciatic, Structures

related to Other disease · 4

Sciatic nerve → Bernese, Endoscopic, Patients, Sciatic

related to Function · 3

Sciatic nerve → In, Sensation, The

related to Sciatica · 3

Sciatic nerve → Common, Other, Pain

FMA · 1

Sciatic nerve → 19034

From · 1

Sciatic nerve → Lumbar and sacral plexus (L4-S3)

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Important terminology

nerve sciatic posterior foot leg sacral piriformis also plexus thigh sciatica common hip l4 s3 lower spinal tibial lateral called

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Subject	Predicate	Object	Confidence	Src
Sciatic nerve	FMA	19034	1.00	infobox
Sciatic nerve	From	Lumbar and sacral plexus (L4-S3)	1.00	infobox
Sciatic nerve	Innervates	Lateral rotator group (except piriformis and quadratus femoris) and the posterior compartment of thigh	1.00	infobox
Sciatic nerve	Latin	nervus ischiadicus	1.00	infobox
Sciatic nerve	MeSH	D012584	1.00	infobox
Sciatic nerve	Pronunciation	/saɪˈætɪk/	1.00	infobox
Sciatic nerve	TA2	6569	1.00	infobox
Sciatic nerve	TA98	A14.2.07.046	1.00	infobox
Sciatic nerve	To	Tibial and common fibular nerve	1.00	infobox
Sciatic nerve	is a	largest nerve in the human body.Development.mw-parser-output .ambox	0.90	text
Sciatic nerve	related to Additional images	Sciatic	0.60	section
Sciatic nerve	related to Additional images	Structures	0.60	section

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