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Anatomist divide the bone of the upper

limbs, or extremities, into the fo llowing
main groups:
• Hand
• Forearm
• Arm
• Shoulder girdle
 The proximal arm and shoulder girdle
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The anterior or palmar surface of the

wrist is concave fro m side to side and forms
the carpal suLcus (Figs. 4-2 and 4-3).
The flexor retinacuLum, a trong fibrous
band,attache medial ly to the pisiform
andhook of hamateand laterally to the
tuber­cles of the scaphoid and trapezium.
The carpal tunnel i the pa ageway
createdbetween the carpal sulcus and flexor
reti­naculum. The median nerve and the
flexortendons pass through the carpal
canal .
Carpal tunnel yndrome res ults fro m com­
pres ion of the median nerve inside the
carpal tunne