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Greater sciatic notch
Surface of the hip showing the greater sciatic notch in red. Table of Contents Show See also[edit] References[edit] External links[edit] Which bone is the greater sciatic notch located? Where is the greater and lesser sciatic notch? What makes the greater sciatic notch? Who has a wider sciatic notch?
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Latin	Incisura ischiadica major
TA98	A02.5.01.009
TA2	1315
FMA	16902
Anatomical terms of bone [edit on Wikidata]

The greater sciatic notch is a notch in the ilium, one of the bones that make up the human pelvis. It lies between the posterior inferior iliac spine (above), and the ischial spine (below). The sacrospinous ligament changes this notch into an opening, the greater sciatic foramen.

The notch holds the piriformis, the superior gluteal vein and artery, and the superior gluteal nerve; the inferior gluteal vein and artery and the inferior gluteal nerve; the sciatic and posterior femoral cutaneous nerves; the internal pudendal artery and veins, and the nerves to the internal obturator and quadratus femoris muscles.

Of these, the superior gluteal vessels and nerve pass out above the piriformis, and the other structures below it.

The greater sciatic notch is wider in women (about 74.4 degrees on average) than in men (about 50.4 degrees).[1]

References[edit]

^ Gray's Anatomy: The Anatomical Basis of Clinical Practice.

This article incorporates text in the public domain from page 235 of the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)

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Bones of the pelvis

General

sacrum
coccyx
hip bone

Ilium

body

arcuate line

wing

gluteal lines

posterior
anterior
inferior

iliac spines

anterior superior
anterior inferior
posterior superior
posterior inferior

other:

crest
tuberosity
tubercle
fossa

Ischium

body

ischial spine
lesser sciatic notch

superior ramus

tuberosity of the ischium

inferior ramus

no substructures

Pubis

body
- pubic crest
superior ramus
- pubic tubercle
- obturator crest
inferior ramus
- pectineal line

Compound

acetabulum
- acetabular notch
iliopubic eminence / iliopectineal line
linea terminalis
ischiopubic ramus / pubic arch
Foramina
- obturator foramen
- greater sciatic foramen / greater sciatic notch
- lesser sciatic foramen
Landmarks
- pelvic inlet
- pelvic brim
- pelvic outlet

Portal:

Anatomy

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Terminologia Anatomica

Which bone is the greater sciatic notch located?

The greater sciatic notch is a notch in the ilium, one of the bones that make up the human pelvis. It lies between the posterior inferior iliac spine (above), and the ischial spine (below).

Where is the greater and lesser sciatic notch?

The lesser sciatic notch lies below the ischial spine, and is converted into the lesser sciatic foramen by the sacrospinous and sacrotuberous ligaments. The greater sciatic notch lies between the ischial spine (inferiorly) and the posterior inferior iliac spine (superiorly).

What makes the greater sciatic notch?

The greater sciatic foramen is an opening (foramen) in the posterior human pelvis. It is formed by the sacrotuberous and sacrospinous ligaments. The piriformis muscle passes through the foramen and occupies most of its volume.

Who has a wider sciatic notch?

People who die at a younger age tend to have wider, more feminine-appearing sciatic notches than people of greater longevity. There are also significant population differences. The 18th-19th century English sample from St.