medial sural cutaneous nerve (popliteal communicating nerve, tibial communicating nerve)

Origin

• tibial nerve in the popliteal space

Innervation

• skin the distal & lateral surfaces of the leg & ankle

Course

• passes inferiorly between the 2 heads of the gastrocnemius & joins the communicating branch of the common fibular (peroneal) nerve.

More general terms

• peripheral nerve

Additional terms

• common fibular (peroneal) nerve; lateral popliteal nerve