Preferred Label : sural nerve;
Uberon definition : The sural nerve (short saphenous nerve), formed by the junction of the medial sural
cutaneous with the peroneal anastomotic branch of the lateral sural cutaneous nerve,
passes downward near the lateral margin of the tendo calcaneus, lying close to the
small saphenous vein, to the interval between the lateral malleolus and the calcaneus.
It runs forward below the lateral malleolus, and is continued as the lateral dorsal
cutaneous nerve along the lateral side of the foot and little toe (via a dorsal digital
nerve), communicating on the dorsum of the foot with the intermediate dorsal cutaneous
nerve, a branch of the superficial peroneal. In the leg, its branches communicate
with those of the posterior femoral cutaneous.;
Uberon related term : nerve, sural; short saphenal nerve;
Origin ID : 0015488;
Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Uberon cross reference
- branching part of
- part of
The sural nerve (short saphenous nerve), formed by the junction of the medial sural
cutaneous with the peroneal anastomotic branch of the lateral sural cutaneous nerve,
passes downward near the lateral margin of the tendo calcaneus, lying close to the
small saphenous vein, to the interval between the lateral malleolus and the calcaneus.
It runs forward below the lateral malleolus, and is continued as the lateral dorsal
cutaneous nerve along the lateral side of the foot and little toe (via a dorsal digital
nerve), communicating on the dorsum of the foot with the intermediate dorsal cutaneous
nerve, a branch of the superficial peroneal. In the leg, its branches communicate
with those of the posterior femoral cutaneous.
