Nerves and Arteries of the Plantar Foot Flashcards
What is the largest of the terminal branches of the tibial nerve?
medial plantar nerve
the medial plantar nerve passes from its origin under the flexor retinaculum to a position deep to what structure?
abductor hallucis
what innervates flexor hallucis brevis?
medial plantar nerve: 1st proper plantar digital nerve
also has sensory to medial side of the 1st digit
medial plantar nerve supplies motor branches to what muscles?
abductor hallucis
flexor digitorum brevis
felxor hallucis brevis
1st lumbrical
the medial plantar nerve gives off what branches?
3 common plantar digital nerves
that divide into 2 proper digital nerves to serve interspaces 1-3
what gives off the 1st proper plantar digital nerve? what gives off 10th proper plantar digital nerve?
1st- directly off teh medial plantar nerve
10th- from lateral plantar nerve
the 1st common plantar digital nerve divides into what?
2nd and 3rd proper plantar digital nerves
what is the smaller branch of the tibial nerve?
lateral plantar nerve
the lateral plantar nerve passes anteriorly to the lateral side fo the foot, between which structures?
flexor digitorum brevis and quadratus plantae
the lateral plantar nerve divides into superficial and dep branches between what structures?
flexor digitorum brevis and abductor digiti minimi
the superficial branch of lateral plantar nerve provides what branches to the foot?
-proper plantar digital nerve to the skin of the lateral surface of the 5th digit (aka 10th proper plantar digital)
AND the 4th common plantar digital nerve
AND muscular branches to flexor digiti minimi brevis and the 2 interossei of 4th intermetatarsal space
Name where each of the proper plantar digital nerves come from.
1st- from medial plantar n.
2&3- from 1st common plantar digital (from medial plantar n.)
4&5- from 2nd common plantar digital (from m. plantar n.)
6&7-from 3rd common plantar digital (from m. plantar n.)
8&9- from 4th common plantar digital (from lateral plantar n.)
10- from lateral plantar n.
where does the 4th common plantar digital n. arise from?
superficial branch of lateral plantar n.
the deep branch of the lateral plantar nerve sneds muscular branches to where?
lumbricals 2-4
adductor hallucis
all the interossei (except those in the 4th met space which is supplied by superifcial branch)
what is the terminal branch of the popliteal artery?
posterior tibial artery
describe the course of the popliteal artery.
passes deep to the soleus muscle, descending obliquely through the leg towards the medial side
what are the terminal branches of the posterior tibial artery?
medial and lateral plantar arteries
which branches of the posterior tibial artery supply the ankle and foot?
- peroneal
- posterior medial malleolar
- medial calcaneal
- artery of the tarsal canal
- medial plantar
- lateral plantar
the peroneal artery divides into 2 branches, what are they?
perforating branch and posterior branch