It is formed by the sacrotuberous and sacrospinous ligaments.
Roof of lesser sciatic foramen.
Nerve to obturator internus to.
It is smooth coated in the recent state with cartilage the surface of which presents two or three ridges corresponding to the subdivisions of the tendon of the obturator internus which winds over it.
It is bounded by.
Lesser sciatic notch anteriorly ischial spine anterosuperiorly and ischial tuberosity anteroinferiorly sacrospinous ligament superiorly sacrotuberous ligament posteriorly.
The sacrospinous ligament separates the greater sciatic and lesser sciatic foramina.
The lesser sciatic foramen is a small opening which provides communication between the pelvis and the gluteal region.
It lies inferiorly to the pelvic floor.
The lesser sciatic foramen provides a communication between the perineum of the pelvis and the gluteal region.
The greater sciatic foramen is an opening foramen in the posterior human pelvis.
The greater sciatic foramen is divided into two parts by the presence of the piriformis muscle the suprapiriform and infrapiriform foramina.
A mnemonic to remember the structures passing through the lesser sciatic foramen is.
The sacrospinous ligament contributes to the superior border or roof of the lesser sciatic foramen.
The tuberosity of the ischium superior.
The spine of the ischium and sacrospinous ligament posterior.
The sacrospinous ligament forms the inferomedial border of the greater sciatic foramen.
Below the ischial spine is a small notch the lesser sciatic notch.
The lesser sciatic foramen has the following boundaries.
The greater sciatic foramen is divided into two compartments by the piriformis muscle namely the infrapiriformic and suprapiriformic compartments below and above the muscle respectively.
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Tendon of obturator internus.
The greater sciatic notch provides passage to many structures either above or below the piriformis muscle.
The placement of the relatively robust sacrotuberous ligament forms the lesser sciatic foramen from the osseous lesser sciatic notch.
Identify the greater and lesser sciatic foramina and ischial spine on the pelvis shown.