Lateral plantar nerve
| Nerve: Lateral plantar nerve | |
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| The plantar nerves. | |
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| Diagram of the segmental distribution of the cutaneous nerves of the sole of the foot. | |
| Latin | Nervus plantaris lateralis |
| Gray's | p.963 |
| Innervates | sole, abductor digiti minimi muscle (foot), quadratus plantae |
| From | Tibial nerve |
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 plantae and, in the interval between the former muscle and the abductor digiti minimi, divides into a superficial and a deep branch. Before its division, it supplies the quadratus plantae and abductor digiti minimi. It divides into deep and superficial branches.
Additional images
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Coronal section through right talocrural and talocalcaneal joints.
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Nerves of the dorsum of the foot.
References
This article incorporates text from a public domain edition of Gray's Anatomy.
External links
- Lateral+plantar+nerve at eMedicine Dictionary
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