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Carpal Tunnel Synd
Question | Answer |
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Ligament | connects bone to bone |
Tendon | connects bone to muscle |
Median nerve | provides motor (movement) functions to the forearm, wrist and hand. |
Palmar carpal ligament | located on the underside of the hand, in the space between the metacarpal bones and carpal bones. |
Flexor retinaculum | serve as a pulley for the carpal flexor muscles and to stabilize the carpal system |
Clavicle | connects the shoulder to the rest of the skeleton |
Scapula | shoulder blade bone |
Humerus | upper arm bone |
Radius | forearm bone |
Ulna | forearm bone |
Carpus | wrist |
Metacarpus | bones in the palm |
Phalanges | finger bones |
Entrapment neuropathy | pressure in the carpal tunnel that causes nerve disease |
Carpal tunnel syndrome | narrow passageway surrounded by bones and ligaments on the palm side of the hand |
Carpal tunnel release (open) | relieving pressure in the carpal tunnel through an outside incision |
Carpal tunnel release (endoscopic) | relieving pressure in the carpal tunnel through an interior incision |