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Questions and Answers
Where is the carpal tunnel located?
Where is the carpal tunnel located?
- On the dorsal side of the wrist
- In the forearm
- In the hand
- On the palmar side of the wrist (correct)
What structures pass through the carpal tunnel?
What structures pass through the carpal tunnel?
- Ulnar nerve and extensor muscles
- Median nerve and flexor muscles (correct)
- Radial nerve and abductor muscles
- Median nerve and extensor muscles
Where do the intrinsic muscles of the hand originate from?
Where do the intrinsic muscles of the hand originate from?
- Bones of the arm
- Bones of the hand (correct)
- Bones of the shoulder
- Bones of the wrist
What causes carpal tunnel syndrome?
What causes carpal tunnel syndrome?
What is responsible for drainage and innervation in the hand?
What is responsible for drainage and innervation in the hand?
What is the floor of the carpal tunnel composed of?
What is the floor of the carpal tunnel composed of?
Which nerve passes through the carpal tunnel and can cause numbness and weakness in the hand?
Which nerve passes through the carpal tunnel and can cause numbness and weakness in the hand?
Which muscle is responsible for abducting the thumb?
Which muscle is responsible for abducting the thumb?
Which muscle flexes the thumb?
Which muscle flexes the thumb?
What is the main function of the thenar muscles?
What is the main function of the thenar muscles?
Which nerve innervates the abductor pollicis brevis muscle?
Which nerve innervates the abductor pollicis brevis muscle?
What is the action of the opponens pollicis muscle?
What is the action of the opponens pollicis muscle?
Which nerve innervates the flexor pollicis brevis muscle?
Which nerve innervates the flexor pollicis brevis muscle?
What is the origin of the adductor pollicis muscle?
What is the origin of the adductor pollicis muscle?
What is the primary action of the adductor pollicis muscle?
What is the primary action of the adductor pollicis muscle?
