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
From	tibial nerve
To	sural nerve
Identifiers
Latin	nervus cutaneus surae medialis
TA	A14.2.07.061
FMA	44687
*Anatomical terms of neuroanatomy* [edit on Wikidata]

The medial sural cutaneous nerve originates from the tibial nerve of the sciatic, descends between the two heads of the Gastrocnemius, and, about the middle of the back of the leg, pierces the deep fascia, and unites with the anastomotic ramus of the common peroneal to form the sural nerve.

References

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

iliohypogastric	lateral cutaneous branch anterior cutaneous branch

ilioinguinal	anterior scrotal ♂/labial ♀

genitofemoral	femoral branch genital branch

Lateral cutaneous	patellar

obturator	anterior cutaneous posterior accessory

femoral	anterior cutaneous branches saphenous (infrapatellar medial crural cutaneous

common peroneal	lateral sural cutaneous communicating branch deep peroneal lateral terminal branch medial terminal branch dorsal digital superficial peroneal medial dorsal cutaneous intermediate dorsal cutaneous dorsal digital

tibial	medial sural cutaneous medial calcaneal medial plantar (common plantar digital nerves proper plantar digital) lateral plantar (deep branch superficial branch common plantar digital proper plantar digital)

sural	lateral dorsal cutaneous lateral calcaneal

other

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