Lateral sural cutaneous nerve

Lateral sural cutaneous nerve
Nerve: Lateral sural cutaneous nerve
Cutaneous nerves of the right lower extremity. Front and posterior views. (Com. peroneal labeled in blue at center left and center right.)
Latin nervus cutaneus surae lateralis
Gray's subject #213 964
From common fibular nerve

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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