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. 2013 Sep 25;8(27):2510–2519. doi: 10.3969/j.issn.1673-5374.2013.27.002

Figure 5.

Figure 5

Spinal segments associated with the sciatic nerve.

A longitudinal incision, 1.5 cm long, was made on the posterior femur in unilateral lower limbs. Then, the sciatic nerve at the lower edge of the piriformis muscle was bluntly exposed and isolated. The vertebral plate was bitten and spinal segments associated with the sciatic nerve were exposed.