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Carpal tunnel |
Upper limb |
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Axilla |
Upper limb |
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Anatomical stuff box |
Upper limb |
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Narrow passage way found on the ant portion of the wrist |
Entrance to the palm for several tendons and median nerve |
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Formed by deep carpal arch and superficial flexor retinaculum |
Deep carpal arch _ laterally by scaphoid and trapezius tubercles Medially by hook of hamate and pisiform |
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Flexor retinaculum - thick connective tissue |
Originates on the lateral side and inserts at the medial side of the arch |
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Contains 9 tendons, surrounded my synovial sheaths and median nerve |
Tendon of flexor policis longus 4 tendons of flexor digitorum profundity 4 tendons flexor digitorum superficialis |
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Median nerve divides into the recurrent branch and palmar digital nerves |
Recurrent branch supply the thenar muscle groups |
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Palmar digital nerves Give sensory innervation to the palmar skin and dorsal nail beds of lateral three and half digits |
Motor innervation to lateral two lumbricals |
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C/c |
Caroal tunnel syndrome Compression of the median nerve within carpal tunnel by thickened ligaments and tendons sheaths |
