Nerve
Superficial fibular (peroneal) nerve
Lateral compartment of the leg
High-yield
Motor to the everters (fibularis longus and brevis); sensory to most of the dorsum of the foot (sparing the first webspace).
Overview
A branch of the common fibular nerve supplying the evertors and most of the skin of the dorsum of the foot.
Reference facts
- Roots
L5, S1, S2 (from the common fibular nerve)
- Course
Descends in the lateral compartment, supplying the fibularis muscles, then pierces the deep fascia to become cutaneous on the distal leg and dorsum of the foot
- Motor
Fibularis (peroneus) longus and fibularis brevis
- Sensory
Skin of the distal anterolateral leg and most of the dorsum of the foot