Bassett Collection of Stereoscopic Images of Human Anatomy

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Dissection of female pelvis froma lateral approach

Contents of greater sciatic foramen, close-up lateral view

The specimen has been rotated slightly and is viewed here from a somewhat posterolateral direction.

1 .	Lateral sacral crest
2 .	Piriform muscle (emerging through greater sciatic foramen)
3 .	Inferior gluteal artery (cut off)
4 .	Inferior gluteal veins
5 .	Upper pointer: Nerve to obturator internus muscle (cut off) Lower pointer: Inferior gluteal nerve
6 .	Left pointer: Middle cluneal nerve (traced from dorsal ramus of 2nd sacral nerve) Right pointer: Coccygeal branch of inferior gluteal artery
7 .	Left pointer: Sacrotuberous ligament Right pointer: Sacrospinous ligament
8 .	Pudendal nerve (passing through lesser sciatic foramen)
9 .	Internal pudendal artery
10 .	Superior gluteal artery
11 .	Superior gluteal vein
12 .	Superior gluteal nerve
13 .	Parietal pelvic fascia (completing closure of greater sciatic foramen)
14 .	Sciatic nerve (upper pointer, tibial nerve; lower pointer, common peroneal nerve)
15 .	Margin of greater sciatic foramen
16 .	Acetabular labrum
17 .	Levator ani muscle
18 .	Margin of lesser sciatic foramen