View of the carpal tunnel

View of the carpal tunnel of the left hand. The median nerve and flexor tendons, which are in the tunnel, lie below the transverse carpal ligament that forms the roof of the tunnel.

Reproduced with permission from: Harwood-Nuss, A, Wolfson, AB, et al. The Clinical Practice of Emergency Medicine, Third Edition. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2001. Copyright © 2001 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.

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