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What runs through the carpal tunnel?
Carpal tunnel transports median nerve
finger flexor tendons:
Flexor Digitorum Superficialis
Flexor Digitorum Profundus Fexor Pollicis Longus
motor branch of median nerve in hand arises under or just distal to flexor retinaculum, & winds around distal border of retinaculum to reach hypothenar muscles
and the lateral 2 lumbricals;
numerous variations in the branching have been described;
- sensory branches innervate lateral three and 1/2 digits & palm of the hand;
What runs through the carpal tunnel?
Carpal tunnel transports median nerve
finger flexor tendons:
Flexor Digitorum Superficialis
Flexor Digitorum Profundus Fexor Pollicis Longus
motor branch of median nerve in hand arises under or just distal to flexor retinaculum, & winds around distal border of retinaculum to reach hypothenar muscles
and the lateral 2 lumbricals;
numerous variations in the branching have been described;
- sensory branches innervate lateral three and 1/2 digits & palm of the hand;