piriform muscle
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Piriform — means pear shaped, and may refer to:Anatomy*Piriform muscle **Piriformis syndrome *Piriform cortex *Piriform sinus *Piriform fossaOther*Piriform (company) … Wikipedia
Muscle — is the tissue of the body which primarily functions as a source of power. There are three types of muscle in the body. Muscle which is responsible for moving extremities and external areas of the body is called "skeletal muscle." Heart… … Medical dictionary
Артерии таза и нижней конечности — Общая подвздошная артерия (a. iliaca communis) (рис. 225, 227) представляет собой парный сосуд, образованный посредством бифуркации (деления) брюшной части аорты. На уровне крестцово подвздошного сочленения каждая общая подвздошная артерия дает… … Атлас анатомии человека
musculus piriformis — [TA] piriform muscle: origin, ilium, second to fourth sacral vertebrae; insertion, upper border of greater trochanter of femur; innervation, first and second sacral; action, rotates thigh laterally … Medical dictionary
plexus sacralis — [TA] sacral plexus: a plexus that lies in front of the piriform muscle, arising from the anterior branches of the last two lumbar nerves (which form the lumbosacral trunk) and the first four sacral nerves. It has twelve named branches, five… … Medical dictionary
layer — A sheet of one substance lying on another and distinguished from it by a difference in texture or color or by not being continuous with it. SEE ALSO: stratum, lamina. SYN: panniculus. ameloblastic l. the internal l. of the enamel organ. SYN: enam … Medical dictionary
fossa — A depression usually more or less longitudinal in shape below the level of the surface of a part. [L. a trench or ditch] acetabular f. [TA] a depressed area in the floor of the acetabulum superior to the … Medical dictionary
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area — 1. [TA] Any circumscribed surface or space. 2. All of the part supplied by a given artery or nerve. 3. A part of an organ having a special function, as the motor a. of the brain. SEE ALSO … Medical dictionary
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