Lateral plantar nerve

Infobox Nerve
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Latin = nervus plantaris lateralis
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Caption = The plantar nerves.


Caption2 = Diagram of the segmental distribution of the cutaneous nerves of the sole of the foot.
Innervates = sole, Abductor digiti minimi muscle (foot)
BranchFrom = tibial nerve
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The lateral plantar nerve (external plantar nerve) is a branch of the tibial nerve, in turn a branch of the sciatic nerve and supplies the skin of the fifth toe and lateral half of the fourth, as well as most of the deep muscles, its distribution being similar to that of the ulnar nerve in the hand.

It passes obliquely forward with the lateral plantar artery to the lateral side of the foot, lying between the Flexor digitorum brevis and Quadratus plantæ and, in the interval between the former muscle and the Abductor digiti quinti, divides into a superficial and a deep branch. Before its division, it supplies the Quadratus plantæ and Abductor digiti quinti.

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