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Common fibular nerve
Other Terms:
Common peroneal nerve,
Nervus fibularis communis,
Nervus peroneus communis,
Nerf fibulaire commun
Description
The common fibular nerve is a branch of the sciatic nerve. It extends diagonally along the lateral side of the popliteal fossa to the head of the fibula and winds around the neck of the fibula, between the fibularis longus and the fibula. It supplies fibers to the lateral sural cutaneous nerve branch which supplies the skin on the posterolateral surface of the leg. It divides beneath the fibularis longus into the superficial and deep fibular nerve.
Origin
L4 through S2 posterior divisions
Innervates
Short head of biceps femoris
Actions
Flex knee
Branch of:
Sciatic Nerve
Branches
Lateral sural cutaneous nerve
Deep fibular nerve
Superficial fibular nerve
Deep fibular nerve
Superficial fibular nerve
Latin
Nervus fibularis communis
Nervus peroneus communis
Nervus peroneus communis
French
Nerf fibulaire commun
