RT Book, Section
A1 Parks, Edward (Ted)
SR Print(0)
ID 1156826284
T1 The Hand, Wrist, and Elbow
T2 Practical Office Orthopedics
YR 2017
FD 2017
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9781259642869
LK accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1156826284
RD 2024/04/19
AB The  best  way  to  understand  carpal  tunnel  syndrome  is  to  start  by  understanding  the  carpal  tunnel.  As  its  name  implies,  it  is  an  actual  tunnel,  with  a  floor,  two  walls,  and  a  roof.  The  carpal  bones  of  the  wrist  make  up  the  floor  and  both  walls  of  the  carpal  tunnel,  and  the  roof  is  a  tough,  rigid  sheet  of  connective  tissue  called  the  transverse  carpal  ligament.  The  tunnel  is  2-4  cm  long,  and  10  structures  travel  through  it  to  get  from  the  forearm  to  the  hand:  nine  flexor  tendons  and  the  median  nerve  (Figure  4-1).