TIBIAL NERVE
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SUMMARY
1. Origin: L4, L5, S1, S2, S3.
2. One of two branches of the sciatic nerve (the other is the Common Peroneal nerve).
3. Motor supply responsible for plantar-flexion & inversion of the foot.
4. Sensory: supplies the skin of the flexor part of the calf and the sole of the foot to around the toes (medial side and plantar surface of the heel).
5. Articular: branches to the hip, knee, ankles and foot joints.
Image: Dr. Appukutty Manickam
Reference(s)
R.M.H McMinn (1998). Last’s anatomy: regional and applied. Edinburgh: Churchill Livingstone.
Gray, H., Carter, H.V. and Davidson, G. (2017). Gray’s anatomy. London: Arcturus.
