====== TIBIAL NERVE ====== * Tibial nerve * COURSE * POPLITEAL FOSSA * lies superficial to popliteal vessels * extending from superior angle to inferior angle * crossing popliteal vessels from lateral to medial side * BRANCHES * muscular branches * cutaneous branches * articular branches * IN THE BACK OF LEG * passes deep to tendinous arch of soleus * runs downwards and medially to reach * posteromedial side of ankle * midway between medial malleolus and medial tubercle of calcaneum * terminates deep to flexor retinaculum * at origin of abductor hallucis * dividing in to medial and lateral plantar nerves * IN THE FOOT * Medial plantar nerve * passes between abductor hallucis and flexor digitorum brevis * divide further in to branches ( similar to median nerve ) * cutaneous supply * motor supply * Lateral plantar nerve ( resembles ulnar nerve ) * passes laterally and forward until the base of fifth metatarsal bone * divides in to superficial and deep branches {{::anatomy:tibial-nerve.png}} {{:anatomy:tibial_nerve_course.jpg}} {{:anatomy:tibial-nerveschema.jpg}}