deep peroneal nerve from the common peroneal never
The sciatic nerve serves the posterior leg and foot. It can be such a problem that the patient cannot pick up their toes.
Sciatic Nerve The Largest nerve in human body. A sensory and motor nerve originating in the sacral plexus and running through the pelvis and upper leg.
The Posterior Femoral Cutaneous Nerve serves the posterior aspect of the thigh.
sciatic nerve
the posterior femoral nerve.
The posterior side of the thigh, leg, and foot are served by the tibial nerve. The tibial nerve is a branch of the sciatic nerve.
Reflex Arc
Numbness or pain in the FOOT or in the calf of your leg
reflex arc.
The chicken would be able to walk with nerve damage in their foot, because it still has use of the rest of its leg. It is likely that there would be some impairment.
The nerve (the sciatic) goes to the muscles that move the leg. If the "pinching" is removed by opening the foramen (Foraminal Stenosis) that the nerve goes through, the ability to walk will come back.