Lateral Plantar Nerve
Description
Other Names
- Lateral Plantar Nerve
General
- Branch of the tibial nerve of the foot
- Supplies motor innervation to plantar foot muscles and sensation to lateral third of sole of foot
Anatomic Course
- Terminal branch of the Tibial Nerve
- Originates from the Tarsal Tunnel
- Enters the foot passing deep to the proximal attachment of abductor hallucis
- Accompanied by the lateral plantar artery
- At the head of the fifth metatarsal, divides into superficial and deep branches
- Superficial: sensation to lateral third of sole of foot, lateral one and a half toes
- Deep: intrinsic muscles of the foot
Motor Supply
- Abductor Digiti Minimi
- Quadratus Plantae
- Lumbricals 2-4
- Adductor Hallucis
- Flexor Digiti Minimi Brevis
- Dorsal and plantar interossei
Sensory Supply
- Lateral third of the sole
- Lateral one and a half toes
Clinical Significance
- Needs to be updated