GENERAL HISTOLOGY

NERVOUS SYSTEM SPECIAL SENSE

PERIPHERAL NERVE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
The large nerve that runs through your pelvis and into your leg
A
brachial
B
cervical
C
optic
D
sciatic
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -What is the sciatic nerve? Your sciatic nerve is a long, important nerve that starts just outside of your spine and then travels through your pelvis, into your butt and then to the back of each thigh in each leg. It’s a mixed nerve, which means it has both motor (movement) and sensory (sensation) fibers.

Detailed explanation-2: -It exits the pelvis through the greater sciatic foramen inferior to the piriformis muscle along with the pudendal nerve and vessels, inferior gluteal nerve and vessels, nerve to obturator internus, and posterior cutaneous nerve.

Detailed explanation-3: -The symptoms of sciatica include: Moderate to severe pain in lower back, buttock and down your leg. Numbness or weakness in your lower back, buttock, leg or feet. Pain that worsens with movement; loss of movement.

Detailed explanation-4: -Cold packs. Place a cold pack on the painful area for up to 20 minutes several times a day. Hot packs. After 2 to 3 days, apply heat to the areas that hurt. Stretching. Stretching exercises for the low back might provide some relief. Medications. 13-Sept-2022

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