Tibial nerve

Nerve: Tibial nerve
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Plan of sacral and pudendal plexuses. (Tibial nerve labeled at center left.)
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Nerves of the right lower extremity Posterior view.
Latin	n. tibialis
Gray's	subject #213 960
Innervates	Medial: abductor hallucis, flexor digitorum brevis, flexor hallucis brevis, first lumbrical Lateral: quadratus plantae, flexor digiti minimi, adductor hallucis, the interossei, three lumbricals. and abductor digiti minimi
From	sacral plexus
To	medial plantar nerve, lateral plantar nerve
MeSH	A08.800.800.720.450.760.820
Dorlands/Elsevier	n_05/12566929

The tibial nerve passes through the popliteal fossa to pass below the arch of soleus.

In the popliteal fossa the nerve gives off branches to gastrocnemius, popliteus, soleus and plantaris, and the sural nerve. The sural nerve is joined by fibres from the common peroneal nerve and runs down the calf to supply the lateral side of the foot.

Below the soleus muscle the nerve lies close to the tibia and supplies the tibialis posterior, the flexor digitorum longus and the flexor hallucis longus. The nerve passes into the foot below the medial malleolus. Here it is bound down by the flexor retinaculum in company with the posterior tibial artery.

[edit] Branches

The nerve and artery divide into medial and lateral plantar branches.

The medial plantar nerve supplies: the abductor hallucis, the flexor digitorum brevis, the flexor hallucis brevis and the first lumbrical. Cutaneous distribution of the medial planter nerve is to the medial sole and medial three and one half toes, including the nail beds on the dorsum (like the median nerve in the hand).