Lateral sural cutaneous nerve

Nerve: Lateral sural cutaneous nerve
Diagram of segmental distribution of the cutaneous nerves of the right lower extremity. Front view. (Com. peroneal labeled in blue at center left.)
Diagram of the segmental distribution of the cutaneous nerves of the right lower extremity. Posterior view. (Com. peroneal labeled in blue at center right.)
Latin	nervus cutaneus surae lateralis
Gray's	subject #213 964
From	common fibular nerve
Dorlands / Elsevier	n_05/12565584

The lateral sural cutaneous nerve (lateral cutaneous branch) supplies the skin on the posterior and lateral surfaces of the leg. The lateral sural cutaneous nerve originates from the Common fibular nerve.

One branch, the peroneal anastomotic (n. communicans fibularis), arises near the head of the fibula, crosses the lateral head of the Gastrocnemius to the middle of the leg, and joins with the medial sural cutaneous nerve to form the sural nerve.

The peroneal anastomotic is occasionally continued down as a separate branch as far as the heel.

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