Saphenous nerve

Looks like

The longest skin branch of the femoral nerve, running down the inner thigh, knee and shin with the great saphenous vein.

What it does

Brings feeling from the inner knee, inner shin and inner edge of the foot.

Keeping it well

Injured in vein stripping, knee surgery or by tight braces, causing inner shin numbness; blocked for knee and ankle surgery.

Its parts

• Infrapatellar branch of saphenous nerve
• Medial crural cutaneous branches of saphenous nerve

Related conditions

• Amyloidosis (AL and ATTR)
• Botulism
• 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
• Polymyalgia rheumatica
• Rabies
• Restless legs syndrome
• Shingles (herpes zoster)
• Tetanus
• Varicose veins
• Vitamin B1, C and other deficiencies