Anatomy Atlases: Illustrated Encyclopedia of Human Anatomic Variation: Opus III: Nervous System: Plexuses: Superficial Peroneal Nerve

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Illustrated Encyclopedia of Human Anatomic Variation: Opus III: Nervous System: Plexuses

Superficial Peroneal Nerve

Ronald A. Bergman, PhD
Adel K. Afifi, MD, MS
Ryosuke Miyauchi, MD
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The medial branch may be absent and may be replaced by the deep peroneal (anterior tibial) nerve. Deficiences in the lateral branch are satisfied by the sural nerve. The nerve has been described as arising from the nerve to peroneus brevis, and extending downward to supply a rare peroneus quartus (extensor digiti quinti brevis), after which it continued on the dorsum of the foot to furnish a nerve to extensor digitorum brevis (Bryce).

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References

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Catania, V. (1924) Il comportamento dei nervi cutanei dorsali piede. Arch. Ital. Anat. Embriol. 21:295-331.

Gruber, W. (1880) Zu den Varietaten des Nervus peroneus profundus et superficialis. Arch. Pathol. Anat. Physiol Klin. Med. 81:471-475.

Miller, M.R. and M. Kasahara. (1959) The pattern of cutaneous innervation of the human foot. Am. J. Anat. 105:233-255.

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Williams, D.D. (1954) A study of the human fibular communicating nerve. Anat. Rec. 120:533-543.

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