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Hand & Wrist

Fascia & Spaces in the Hand & Wrist region

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All Types 34 Muscles 41 Bones 29 Tendons 36 Ligaments 101 Nerves 16 Bursae 3 Joints 19 Vessels 18 Organs 9 Fascia & Spaces 34 Clinical Maps 4
34 entries  ·  Fascia & Spaces
Fascia or Space Adductor Compartment of the Hand compartimentum adductorium manus Hand & Wrist The adductor compartment of the hand is the deep compartment that holds adductor pollicis, lying between…
Fascia or Space Anatomical Snuffbox tabatiere anatomique Hand & Wrist The anatomical snuffbox is the triangular depression on the radial dorsal wrist between the extensor pollicis…
Fascia or Space Carpal Tunnel canalis carpi Hand & Wrist The carpal tunnel is a rigid fibro-osseous canal at the wrist formed by the carpal bones…
Fascia or Space Carpal Tunnel Entrance Space spatium introitus canalis carpi Hand & Wrist The carpal tunnel entrance is the proximal opening of the carpal tunnel at the wrist crease,…
Fascia or Space Central Compartment of the Hand compartimentum palmae centrale Hand & Wrist The central compartment of the palm lies between the thenar and hypothenar compartments, beneath the palmar…
Fascia or Space Distal Radioulnar Joint Recess recessus articulationis radioulnaris distalis Hand & Wrist The distal radioulnar joint has a synovial sac that extends proximal to the sigmoid notch as…
Fascia or Space Dorsal Carpal Ligaments (Tendons) tendines extensorii carpi Hand & Wrist The six extensor compartments at the dorsal wrist contain: (1) APL and EPB, (2) ECRL and…
Fascia or Space Dorsal Subaponeurotic Space of the Hand spatium subaponeuroticum dorsale manus Hand & Wrist The dorsal subaponeurotic space lies on the back of the hand between the extensor tendons and…
Fascia or Space Extensor Carpi Ulnaris Groove Space spatium sulci tendinis extensoris carpi ulnaris Hand & Wrist The ECU groove space is the osseoligamentous tunnel on the dorsal aspect of the ulnar head,…
Fascia or Space Extensor Carpi Ulnaris Subsheath vagina tendinis musculi extensoris carpi ulnaris (subvagina) Hand & Wrist The extensor carpi ulnaris (ECU) tendon occupies its own sixth extensor compartment but has a unique…
Fascia or Space Extensor Carpi Ulnaris Tendon Sheath vagina tendinis musculi extensoris carpi ulnaris Hand & Wrist The ECU tendon sheath and its subsheath within the sixth extensor compartment constrains the ECU tendon…
Fascia or Space Extensor Retinaculum Fifth Compartment vagina tendinum musculi extensoris digiti minimi Hand & Wrist The fifth extensor compartment contains only the extensor digiti minimi tendon, running over the distal ulna.…
Fascia or Space Extensor Retinaculum First Compartment vagina tendinum musculi abductoris pollicis longi et extensoris pollicis brevis Hand & Wrist The first extensor compartment is a fibro-osseous tunnel over the radial styloid containing the abductor pollicis…
Fascia or Space Extensor Retinaculum Fourth Compartment vagina tendinum musculorum extensorum digitorum et indicis Hand & Wrist The fourth extensor compartment contains the extensor digitorum communis (four slips) and extensor indicis proprius tendons,…
Fascia or Space Extensor Retinaculum Second Compartment Septum septum compartimenti extensorii secundi Hand & Wrist The second dorsal extensor compartment is the fibro-osseous tunnel under the extensor retinaculum that carries the…
Fascia or Space Extensor Retinaculum Sixth Compartment vagina tendinum musculi extensoris carpi ulnaris Hand & Wrist The sixth extensor compartment is a fibro-osseous groove on the dorsal ulnar head containing the ECU…
Fascia or Space Extensor Retinaculum Third Compartment vagina tendinum musculi extensoris pollicis longi Hand & Wrist The third extensor compartment contains the extensor pollicis longus tendon, using Lister tubercle as its pulley…
Fascia or Space Finger Flexor Pulley System vaginae fibrosae tendinum digitorum (systema) Hand & Wrist The annular pulley system is the fibro-osseous tunnel maintaining the flexor tendons against the phalanges. The…
Fascia or Space Guyon Canal canalis Guyoni Hand & Wrist Guyon canal (ulnar canal) is the fibro-osseous tunnel at the wrist through which the ulnar nerve…
Fascia or Space Hypothenar Compartment compartimentum hypothenaris Hand & Wrist The hypothenar compartment forms the fleshy ulnar border of the palm. It contains abductor digiti minimi,…
Fascia or Space Index Finger Flexor Tendon Sheath Bursa bursa vaginae tendinum flexorum digiti indicis Hand & Wrist The index finger flexor tendon sheath is the synovial sleeve that wraps the superficialis and profundus…
Fascia or Space Interosseous Compartments of the Hand compartimenta interossea manus Hand & Wrist The interosseous compartments of the hand are four narrow spaces between neighbouring metacarpals, enclosed by palmar…
Fascia or Space Little Finger Flexor Tendon Sheath Bursa bursa vaginae tendinum flexorum digiti minimi manus Hand & Wrist The little finger flexor tendon sheath is the synovial sleeve around the superficialis and profundus tendons…
Fascia or Space Middle Finger Flexor Tendon Sheath Bursa bursa vaginae tendinum flexorum digiti medii Hand & Wrist The middle finger flexor tendon sheath is the synovial sleeve around the superficialis and profundus tendons…
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