Illustration piriformis muscle

Illustration of the piriformis muscle: pelvis from behind (A) and from the side (B)

Piriformis muscle

  1. Pear-shaped muscle -
    Piriformis muscle
  2. Iliac scoop -
    Ala ossis ilii
  3. Posterior sacrum holes -
    Foramina sacralia posteriora
  4. Sacrum -
    Sacrum
  5. Great Rolling Hill -
    Greater trochanter
  6. Small rolling hill -
    Lesser trochanter
  7. Femoral shaft -
    Corpus femoris
  8. Ischium -
    Os ischii (ischium)
  9. Fifth lumbar vertebra -
    Vertebra lumbalis V

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