Definition of sural in English:
sural
adjective ˈs(j)ʊər(ə)lˈso͞orəl
Anatomy Relating to the calf of the leg.
Example sentencesExamples
- The union between the peroneal communicating and the medial sural cutaneous nerves was seen on 159 sides.
- The popliteal occasionally provides a small saphenous artery (arteria saphena parva) that courses with the vein of the same name and the sural nerve to the tarsus.
- The lateral sural cutaneous nerve (seen for the first time) and the posterior femoral cutaneous nerve are identified.
- Careful blunt dissection was performed with care taken not to sever the cutaneous branches of the sural nerve.
- No patient reported symptoms at the lateral cutaneous branch of the superficial peroneal nerve or the sural nerve.
Origin
Early 17th century: from modern Latin suralis, from Latin sura 'calf'.