sciatic

     

The sciatic nerve (also known as the ischiatic nerve) is a large nerve that starts in the lower back an runs through the buttock and down the lower limb. It is the longest and widest single nerve in the body.

Trivia about sciatic

  • (Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from the Stanford University Pain Mgmt Ctr in Menlo Park, CA.) Dr. Martin Angst's lab at Stanford discovered a biological indicator of this condition--an agonizing pain from the longest nerve in the body
  • This largest nerve in the body arises in the sacral plexus, leaves the pelvis & runs down the thigh