Superficial Fibular Nerve

Authors

Affiliations

Nathaniel Yomogida, B.S., SPT

Doctor of Physical Therapy

B.S. in Kinesiology

Chloë Kerstein, B.S., SPT

Doctor of Physical Therapy

B.A. in Neuroscience

Roots

Pathway

Motor innervation

Superficial Fibular N. Muscle Innervations
Muscle	Origin	Insertion	Innervation	Action
Fibularis brevis	Middle lateral surface of Fibula¹ [Middle lateral surface of Fibula](/The Archive/Anatomy/Skeletal Muscles/Lower limb muscles/Knee and Lower Leg/Lateral compartment/fibularis_brevis_muscle.qmd#origin) [@gilroyAtlasAnatomy2020]	Base of 5th MT¹ [Base of 5th MT](/The Archive/Anatomy/Skeletal Muscles/Lower limb muscles/Knee and Lower Leg/Lateral compartment/fibularis_brevis_muscle.qmd#insertion) [@gilroyAtlasAnatomy2020]	Superficial Fibular n.¹ L5 - S1¹ [Superficial Fibular n.](/The Archive/Anatomy/Skeletal Muscles/Lower limb muscles/Knee and Lower Leg/Lateral compartment/fibularis_brevis_muscle.qmd#nerve) [@gilroyAtlasAnatomy2020] [L5](/The Archive/Anatomy/Skeletal Muscles/Lower limb muscles/Knee and Lower Leg/Lateral compartment/fibularis_brevis_muscle.qmd#nerve) - [S1](/The Archive/Anatomy/Skeletal Muscles/Lower limb muscles/Knee and Lower Leg/Lateral compartment/fibularis_brevis_muscle.qmd#nerve) [@gilroyAtlasAnatomy2020]	STJ [Eversion](/The Archive/Anatomy/Skeletal Muscles/Lower limb muscles/Knee and Lower Leg/Lateral compartment/fibularis_brevis_muscle.qmd#action) [@gilroyAtlasAnatomy2020] TCJ [PF](/The Archive/Anatomy/Skeletal Muscles/Lower limb muscles/Knee and Lower Leg/Lateral compartment/fibularis_brevis_muscle.qmd#action) [@gilroyAtlasAnatomy2020]
Fibularis longus	Proximal lateral surface of Fibula¹ [Proximal lateral surface of Fibula](/The Archive/Anatomy/Skeletal Muscles/Lower limb muscles/Knee and Lower Leg/Lateral compartment/fibularis_longus_muscle.qmd#origin) [@gilroyAtlasAnatomy2020]	Medial cuneiform¹ Base of 1st MT¹ [Medial cuneiform](/The Archive/Anatomy/Skeletal Muscles/Lower limb muscles/Knee and Lower Leg/Lateral compartment/fibularis_longus_muscle.qmd#insertion) [@gilroyAtlasAnatomy2020] [Base of 1st MT](/The Archive/Anatomy/Skeletal Muscles/Lower limb muscles/Knee and Lower Leg/Lateral compartment/fibularis_longus_muscle.qmd#insertion) [@gilroyAtlasAnatomy2020]	Superficial Fibular n.¹ L5 - S1¹ [Superficial Fibular n.](/The Archive/Anatomy/Skeletal Muscles/Lower limb muscles/Knee and Lower Leg/Lateral compartment/fibularis_longus_muscle.qmd#nerve) [@gilroyAtlasAnatomy2020] [L5](/The Archive/Anatomy/Skeletal Muscles/Lower limb muscles/Knee and Lower Leg/Lateral compartment/fibularis_longus_muscle.qmd#nerve) - [S1](/The Archive/Anatomy/Skeletal Muscles/Lower limb muscles/Knee and Lower Leg/Lateral compartment/fibularis_longus_muscle.qmd#nerve) [@gilroyAtlasAnatomy2020]	Arch Transverse arch support [@gilroyAtlasAnatomy2020] STJ [Eversion](/The Archive/Anatomy/Skeletal Muscles/Lower limb muscles/Knee and Lower Leg/Lateral compartment/fibularis_longus_muscle.qmd#action) [@gilroyAtlasAnatomy2020] TCJ [PF](/The Archive/Anatomy/Skeletal Muscles/Lower limb muscles/Knee and Lower Leg/Lateral compartment/fibularis_longus_muscle.qmd#action) [@gilroyAtlasAnatomy2020]

Muscular innervations of Superficial Fibular Nerve
Muscle	Origin	Insertion	Nerve	Action
Fibularis Longus	/The Archive/Anatomy/Skeletal Muscles/Lower limb muscles/Knee and Lower Leg/Lateral compartment/fibularis_longus_muscle.html#origin	/The Archive/Anatomy/Skeletal Muscles/Lower limb muscles/Knee and Lower Leg/Lateral compartment/fibularis_longus_muscle.html#insertion	?var:ref-fibularis-longus.nerve	/The Archive/Anatomy/Skeletal Muscles/Lower limb muscles/Knee and Lower Leg/Lateral compartment/fibularis_longus_muscle.html#action
Fibularis Brevis	/The Archive/Anatomy/Skeletal Muscles/Lower limb muscles/Knee and Lower Leg/Lateral compartment/fibularis_brevis_muscle.html#origin	/The Archive/Anatomy/Skeletal Muscles/Lower limb muscles/Knee and Lower Leg/Lateral compartment/fibularis_brevis_muscle.html#insertion	?var:ref-fibularis-brevis.nerve	/The Archive/Anatomy/Skeletal Muscles/Lower limb muscles/Knee and Lower Leg/Lateral compartment/fibularis_brevis_muscle.html#action

Cutaneous Innervation

Medial dorsal cutaneous n.¹
Intermediate dorsal cutaneous n.¹

Dysfunction

Gilroy AM, MacPherson BR, Wikenheiser JC, Voll MM, Wesker K, Schünke M, eds. Atlas of Anatomy. 4th ed. Thieme; 2020.

Citation

For attribution, please cite this work as:

Yomogida N, Kerstein C. Superficial Fibular Nerve. https://yomokerst.com/The Archive/Anatomy/Nerves/Lumbosacral Plexus/Sacral Plexus/Common Fibular Nerve Branches/superficial_fibular_nerve.html