Assertion: sciatic nerve | /r/CapableOf | go through the piriformis muscle
Facets:
value: at that stage
type: TEMPORAL
value: anatomically
type: MANNER
value: occasionally
type: DEGREE
value: beneath it
type: LOCATION
value: very close
type: DEGREE
value: in 17% of people
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: It passes alongside or goes through the piriformis muscle, goes down the back of the leg, and eventually branches off into smaller nerves that end in the feet.
text: In 17% of people, the sciatic nerve runs through the piriformis muscle rather than beneath it.
text: The sciatic nerve runs very close anatomically to the piriformis muscle.
text: As the sciatic nerve makes the pelvis, occasionally, it goes through the piriformis muscle and at that stage, it might become entrapped leading to piriformis syndrome.
text: About 15% of people have their sciatic nerve running through the piriformis muscle, leaving them predisposed to sciatic pain.