part of part of branching part of branching part of tibial nerve leg nerve sural nerve SCTID:181073006 sural UBERON:0015488 MESH:D013497 MA:0003111 EMAPA:37757 short saphenal nerve NCIT:C77675 The sural nerve (short saphenous nerve), formed by the junction of the medial sural cutaneous with the peroneal anastomotic branch of the lateral sural cutaneous nerve, passes downward near the lateral margin of the tendo calcaneus, lying close to the small saphenous vein, to the interval between the lateral malleolus and the calcaneus. It runs forward below the lateral malleolus, and is continued as the lateral dorsal cutaneous nerve along the lateral side of the foot and little toe (via a dorsal digital nerve), communicating on the dorsum of the foot with the intermediate dorsal cutaneous nerve, a branch of the superficial peroneal. In the leg, its branches communicate with those of the posterior femoral cutaneous. FMA:44688 Wikipedia:Sural_nerve nerve, sural