Commentary for Chullin 186:22

אותביה אנחיריה דץ ביה מידי שרי ואי לא אסיר

next to the bone, is forbidden, and one is liable on account of it, the outer,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The great sciatic nerve is derived from the lumbosacral plexus and as it emerges from the pelvis it descends first behind the hip joint and then behind the femur in the thigh. It gives off branches to the muscles behind the femur, but its longest branch is the common peroneal. The 'inner' is probably the great sciatic nerve, and the 'outer' the common peroneal.');">¹¹</span>

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