Formation and distribution of the sural nerve based on nerve fascicle and nerve fiber analyses

Anatomical Science International

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 84-91

  Sekiya, Shin Ichi ^a   Suzuki, Ryo ^b   Miyawaki, Makoto ^b   Chiba, Shoji ^c   Kumaki, Katsuji ^b  

^a Niigata College of Nursing   (Japan)

^b NIIGATA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICAL AND DENTAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^c HIROSAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dorsal digital nerve; Lateral calcaneal branch; Lateral sural cutaneous nerve; Medial sural cutaneous nerve; Peroneal communicating branch

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ANKLE; ARTICLE; BODY DISTRIBUTION; CADAVER; CALCANEUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEEL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; LEG; MALE; NERVE FIBER; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NOMENCLATURE; PERONEUS NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN NERVE; SURAL NERVE; TOE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FOOT; HUMANS; LEG; MALE; NERVE FIBERS; SURAL NERVE;

EID: 33744486891     PISSN: 14476959     EISSN: 1447073X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1447-073X.2006.00135.x     Document Type: Article

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