Medial sural cutaneous nerve
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| 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.) | |
| Latin | nervus cutaneus surae medialis |
| Gray's | subject #213 962 |
| From | tibial nerve |
| To | sural nerve |
| Dorlands / Elsevier |
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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.
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