A Study of Tibial Nerve- Motor Branching Pattern to the Deep Muscles of the Posterior Crural Region

Abstract

Background: Tibial nerve is the largest branch of the sciatic nerve. From the back of thigh the tibial nerve passes vertically downward along the middle line of popliteal fossa. In the lower part of the fossa it is overlapped by the two heads of gastrocnemius and enters the posterior crural region accompanied by the posterior tibial vessels under cover of the tendinous origin of soleus muscle. The study was done to find the motor branching pattern of the tibial nerve.