Hip Muscles: Piriformis Muscle, Psoas Major Muscle, Iliopsoas, Obturator Internus Muscle, Gluteal Muscles, Quadratus Femoris Muscle
Chapters: Piriformis Muscle, Psoas Major Muscle, Iliopsoas, Obturator Internus Muscle, Gluteal Muscles, Quadratus Femoris Muscle, Obturator Externus Muscle, Psoas Minor Muscle, Iliacus Muscle, Inferior Gemellus Muscle, Superior Gemellus Muscle, Lateral Rotators of the Hip. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 43. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: The piriformis (from Latin piriformis = "pear shaped") is a muscle in the gluteal region of the lower limb. It originates from the anterior (front) part of the sacrum, the part of the spine in the gluteal region, and from the superior margin of the greater sciatic notch (as well as the sacroiliac joint capsule and the sacrotuberous ligament). It exits the pelvis through the greater sciatic foramen to insert on the greater trochanter of the femur. Its tendon often joins with the tendons of the superior gemellus, inferior gemellus, and obturator internus muscles prior to insertion. The piriformis is a flat muscle, pyramidal in shape, lying almost parallel with the posterior margin of the gluteus medius. It is situated partly within the pelvis against its posterior wall, and partly at the back of the hip-joint. It arises from the front of the sacrum by three fleshy digitations, attached to the portions of bone between the first, second, third, and fourth anterior sacral foramina, and to the grooves leading from the foramina: a few fibers also arise from the margin of the greater sciatic foramen, and from the anterior surface of the sacrotuberous ligament. The muscle passes out of the pelvis through the greater sciatic foramen, the upper part of which it fills, and is inserted by a rounded tendon into the upper border of the greater trochanter behind, but often partly blended with, the common tendon of the obturator internus and gemelli. The pirif...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=1104396