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  2. Piriformis muscle - Wikipedia

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    Piriformis syndrome occurs when the piriformis irritates the sciatic nerve, which comes into the gluteal region beneath the muscle, causing pain in the buttocks and referred pain along the sciatic nerve. [8] This referred pain is known as sciatica. Seventeen percent of the population has their sciatic nerve coursing through the piriformis muscle.

  3. Posterior compartment of thigh - Wikipedia

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    The hamstrings are innervated by the sciatic nerve, specifically by a main branch of it: the tibial nerve. (The short head of the biceps femoris is innervated by the common fibular nerve). The sciatic nerve runs along the longitudinal axis of the compartment, giving the cited terminal branches close to the superior angle of the popliteal fossa.

  4. Sciatic nerve - Wikipedia

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    The tibial nerve, which travels down the posterior compartment of the leg into the foot; The common fibular nerve (also called the common peroneal nerve), which travels down the anterior and lateral compartments of the leg into the foot; The sciatic nerve is the largest nerve in the human body. [2]: 422–4 [3] [4] 3D still showing Sciatica.

  5. Gastrocnemius muscle - Wikipedia

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    Signal propagation continues down the anterior rami (Lumbar 4-5 and Sacral 1-5) of the sacral plexus. The sciatic nerve branches off of the sacral plexus in which the tibial and common fibular nerves are wrapped in one sheath. The tibial nerve eventually separates from the sciatic nerve and innervates the gastrocnemius muscle.

  6. Posterior compartment of leg - Wikipedia

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    Posterior surface of calcaneus via calcaneal tendon: Tibial nerve (S1, S2) Plantarflexes ankle when knee is extended; raises heel during walking; flexes leg at knee joint Plantaris: Inferior end of lateral supracondylar line of femur; oblique popliteal ligament: Weakly assists gastrocnemius in plantarflexing ankle Soleus

  7. Plantaris muscle - Wikipedia

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    The plantaris muscle is innervated by the tibial nerve, a branch of the sciatic nerve in the sacral plexus. Signaling for contraction begins in the frontal lobe of the brain with the pre-central gyrus (primary motor cortex). Upper motor neurons are stimulated and send a signal through the internal capsule and down the corticospinal tract.

  8. Semimembranosus muscle - Wikipedia

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    The semimembranosus is innervated by the tibial part of the sciatic nerve. [1] The sciatic nerve consists of the anterior divisions of ventral nerve roots from L4 through S3. These nerve roots are part of the larger nerve network–the sacral plexus. [2] The tibial part of the sciatic nerve is also responsible for innervation of semitendinosus ...

  9. Tibial nerve - Wikipedia

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    The tibial nerve is the larger terminal branch of the sciatic nerve with root values of L4, L5, S1, S2, and S3. It lies superficial (or posterior) to the popliteal vessels, extending from the superior angle to the inferior angle of the popliteal fossa, crossing the popliteal vessels from lateral to medial side.