median nerve in a sentence
Examples
- The artery is in between the median nerve and the tendon of the biceps muscle in the cubital fossa.
- This type of transfer is the preferred method for median nerve palsy when both strength and motion are required.
- More recent literature collectively diagnose median nerve palsy occurring from the elbow to the forearm as pronator teres syndrome.
- Median nerve injuries are associated with difficulty flexing the index and middle finger when attempting to make a fist.
- This approach passes the Flexor pollicis longus and Palmaris longus and leaves the Median nerve and Radial artery protected.
- Distally, the median nerve crosses the medial side of the brachial artery and lies anterior to the elbow joint.
- Additionally, depending on the type of trauma other nerves may be affected such as the median nerve and axillary nerves.
- The most common problem is carpal tunnel syndrome caused by compression of the median nerve by swelling around the wrist.
- This feature of the median nerve can help separate carpal tunnel syndrome from thoracic outlet syndrome, or pronator teres syndrome.
- It travels in a plane between the biceps and triceps muscles, the same as the median nerve and basilic vein.