Medial sural cutaneous nerve

Medial sural cutaneous nerve
Cutaneous nerves of the right lower extremity. Front and posterior views. (Sural labeled in purple at bottom right.)
Details
Fromtibial nerve
Tosural nerve
Identifiers
Latinnervus cutaneus surae medialis
TA98A14.2.07.061
TA26585
FMA44687
Anatomical terms of neuroanatomy

The medial sural cutaneous nerve is a sensory nerve of the leg. It supplies part of the medial side of the leg.

Structure

The medial sural cutaneous nerve originates from the posterior aspect of the tibial nerve of the sciatic nerve.[1] It descends between the two heads of the gastrocnemius muscle.[1] Around the middle of the back of the leg, it pierces the deep fascia to become superficial.[1] It unites with the lateral sural cutaneous nerve to form the sural nerve.[1][2]

References

Public domain This article incorporates text in the public domain from page 962 of the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)

  1. 1 2 3 4 Rea, Paul (2015-01-01), Rea, Paul (ed.), "Chapter 3 - Lower Limb Nerve Supply", Essential Clinically Applied Anatomy of the Peripheral Nervous System in the Limbs, Academic Press, pp. 101–177, doi:10.1016/b978-0-12-803062-2.00003-6, ISBN 978-0-12-803062-2, retrieved 2021-03-02
  2. Winnicki, Kamil; Ochała-Kłos, Anna; Rutowicz, Bartosz; Pękala, Przemysław A.; Tomaszewski, Krzysztof A. (2020-05-01). "Functional anatomy, histology and biomechanics of the human Achilles tendon — A comprehensive review". Annals of Anatomy - Anatomischer Anzeiger. 229: 151461. doi:10.1016/j.aanat.2020.151461. ISSN 0940-9602. PMID 31978571.


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