Anatom3DIntermediate dorsal cutaneous nerve of foot
Nervus cutaneus dorsalis intermedius · Střední hřbetní kožní nerv nohy
Nervous system
Looks like
The outer end branch of the superficial fibular nerve, visible under the skin of the foot top when the foot is pointed down and in.
What it does
Brings feeling from the outer top of the foot and the facing sides of the third to fifth toes.
Keeping it well
At risk in ankle arthroscopy and outer ankle surgery; injury leaves a numb or painful foot-top patch.
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