Main Entry: sural nerve Function: noun : any of several nerves in the region of the calf of the leg; especially: one formed by the union of a branch ofthe tibial nerve with a branch of the common peroneal nerve that supplies branches to the skin of the back of the leg and sends a continuation to the little toe by way of the lateral side of the foot
sural nerven. A nerve that is formed by the union of the medial sural cutaneous nerve and a branch of the common peroneal nerve and accompanies the small saphenous vein around the lateral malleolus to the dorsum of the foot.
