Carpal-tunnel meaning

(anatomy) A fibro-osseous passageway on the palmar side of the wrist that connects the distal forearm to the middle compartment of the deep plane of the palm.
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A passageway in the wrist through which nerves and the long tendons of the flexor muscles of the wrist and fingers pass.
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A passageway in the wrist through which nerves and the long tendons of the flexor muscles of the wrist and fingers pass.
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Carpal-tunnel Sentence Examples

  • carpal tunnel.

  • A carpal tunnel release involves making an incision in the fibrous sheath around the carpal tunnel release involves making an incision in the fibrous sheath around the carpal tunnel.

  • At the distal wrist crease it enters the carpal tunnel where it should not be blocked (neuritis may result ).

  • The charismatic Californian was troubled with carpal tunnel syndrome for the second half of the 2003 season.

  • The carpal tunnel is a small canal in the bones at the wrist.

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