A passageway from the wrist to the hand, the carpal tunnel is made of tendons, ligaments and bones. The median nerve passes through the tunnel and provides feeling to your thumb, index finger, middle finger and the thumb side of the ring finger.

2020年11月10日 · The carpal tunnel is a narrow passageway found on the anterior portion of the wrist. It serves as the entrance to the palm for several tendons and the median nerve. In this article, we will look at the borders and contents of the carpal tunnel and its clinical significance.

2023年10月30日 · The carpal tunnel is a narrow canal on the anterior wrist that transmits the median nerve and nine tendons. Learn its anatomy now at Kenhub!

2024年3月28日 · The carpal tunnel is a fibro-osseous canal in the anterior (volar) wrist that acts as a passageway for structures between the anterior forearm and the hand.

The carpal tunnel view can help identify fractures of the trapezium tuberosity and hook of hamate. This view, however, is often difficult to obtain in patients with acute wrist injury, since it...

In the human body, the carpal tunnel or carpal canal is a flattened body cavity on the flexor (palmar/volar) side of the wrist, bounded by the carpal bones and flexor retinaculum. It forms the passageway that transmits the median nerve and the tendons of the extrinsic flexor muscles of the hand from the forearm to the hand. [1] .

The photograph to the right identifies the exact anatomical location of the Carpal Tunnel between the two groups of major muscles at the base of the hand. Three of the walls of the narrow passage known as the Carpal Tunnel are made of major bones supporting the structure of …