Cutaneous Supply

Question 1

What is cutaneous supply of the sciatic nerve ?

Answer 1

N/A

Question 2

What is the cutaneous supply of the tibial nerve?

Answer 2

Sensory: skin of post & lateral sides of the lower 3rd of the leg, lateral border of foot, 5th toe, heel & post angle of foot

Question 3

What is the sensory supply of the superficial peroneal nerve?

Answer 3

Sensory: anterolateral aspect of leg & around lateral malleolus
Medial branch - medial side of dorsum of foot, great toes 2nd & 3rd toes
Intermediate branch - dorsum of foot and 3rd, 4th& 5th toes

Question 4

What is the sensory supply of the deep peroneal nerve?

Answer 4

Sensory: medial branch - cleft of the foot between great and 2nd toes

Question 5

What is the sensory supply of the radial nerve?

Answer 5

Sensory: posterior and lower cutaneous nerve of the arm and the posterior cutaneous nerve of the forearm
Superficial branch: skin of dorsal of wrist, lat surface of hand thumb & 3.5 fingers as far as the nail bed

Question 6

What is the sensory supply of the posterior interosseus nerve?

Answer 6

N/A

Question 7

What is the sensory supply of the median nerve?

Answer 7

Sensory: medial branch - skin on palmar surface of adjacent side of the index, middle and ring fingers.
Dorsal branch - dorsal aspect of distal phalanx & nail bed of thumb, middle and ring finger

Question 8

What is the sensory supply of the ulnar nerve?

Answer 8

Sensory: dorsal branch - skin on the dorsum of the hand and dorsal surfaces of the
medial one and a half fingers little and ring fingers)
Superficial branch - skin on the medial side of the
palm of the hand and the palmar surface of the little and adjacent side of the ring finger