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Medial sural cutaneous nerve

Medial sural cutaneous nerve
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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
Dorlands
/Elsevier
n_05/12565596
TA A14.2.07.061
FMA 44687
Anatomical terms of neuroanatomy
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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.

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




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