Anatom3DDeep fibular nerve
Nervus fibularis profundus · Hluboký lýtkový nerv
Nervous system
Looks like
A branch of the common fibular nerve running down the front of the shin with the anterior tibial artery.
What it does
Lifts the foot and toes and brings feeling from the web between the first two toes.
Keeping it well
Compartment syndrome of the shin damages it — severe shin pain after injury is an emergency.
Its parts
Related conditions
- Amyloidosis (AL and ATTR)
- Botulism
- Charcot–Marie–Tooth disease
- Chickenpox (varicella)
- Chronic neuropathic pain
- Chronic pain syndrome
- Chronic venous insufficiency
- Fibromyalgia
- Guillain-Barré syndrome
- Lyme disease
- Lymphatic filariasis (elephantiasis)
- Lymphoedema
- Myasthenia gravis
- Peripheral neuropathy
- Piriformis syndrome
- Polymyalgia rheumatica
- Rabies
- Restless legs syndrome
- Sciatica
- Shingles (herpes zoster)
- Tetanus
- Varicose veins
- Vitamin B1, C and other deficiencies