Dorsal digital nerves of foot

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Dorsal digital nerves of foot
Nerves of the dorsum of the foot.
Details
Identifiers
Latin	nervi digitales dorsales pedis
TA98	A14.2.07.054 A14.2.07.057
TA2	6578, 6581
FMA	75491
Anatomical terms of neuroanatomy [edit on Wikidata]

Structures

There are 10 total dorsal digital branches:

The medial terminal branch (internal branch) divides into two dorsal digital nerves (nn. digitales dorsales hallucis lateralis et digiti secundi medialis) which supply the adjacent sides of the great and second toes,
The medial dorsal cutaneous nerve (internal dorsal cutaneous branch) passes in front of the ankle-joint, and divides into three dorsal digital branches, one of which supplies the medial side of the great toe, the other, the adjacent sides of the second and third toes.
The intermediate dorsal cutaneous nerve divides into four dorsal digital branches, which supply the medial and lateral sides of the third and fourth, and of the fourth and fifth toes.
The lateral dorsal cutaneous nerve from the sural nerve turns into a dorsal digital nerve and supplies the lateral side of the fifth toe.

The dorsal digital nerves of the foot may be compressed by the transverse metatarsal ligament.^[1] This causes Morton's neuroma, which causes foot pain.^[1]

^ ^a ^b Mischitz, Madeleine; Zeitlinger, Stefan; Mischlinger, Johannes; Rab, Matthias (2020-06-01). "Nerve decompression according to A.L. Dellon in Morton's neuroma - A retrospective analysis". Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery. 73 (6): 1099–1104. doi:10.1016/j.bjps.2020.01.008. ISSN 1748-6815. PMID 32171681.

iliohypogastric	lateral cutaneous branch anterior cutaneous branch
ilioinguinal	anterior scrotal ♂/labial ♀
genitofemoral	femoral branch genital branch
Lateral cutaneous	patellar
obturator	anterior cutaneous posterior accessory
femoral	anterior cutaneous branches saphenous infrapatellar medial crural cutaneous

common fibular	lateral sural cutaneous communicating branch deep fibular lateral terminal branch medial terminal branch dorsal digital superficial fibular medial dorsal cutaneous intermediate dorsal cutaneous dorsal digital
tibial	medial sural cutaneous medial calcaneal medial plantar (common plantar digital nerves proper plantar digital) lateral plantar (deep branch superficial branch common plantar digital proper plantar digital)
sural	lateral dorsal cutaneous lateral calcaneal