median nerve in a sentence

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1. Resting the wrists while typing can lead to compression of the median nerve in the carpal tunnel of the wrist.
2. This gives the tendon sheaths a chance to heal, reducing swelling, which then may decrease the pressure on the median nerve.
3. Carpal tunnel syndrome ( CTS ) is caused by compression of the median nerve as it passes under the carpal tunnel.
4. Numbness of the hand can occur because of compression on the median nerve across the wrist ( carpal tunnel syndrome ).
5. Numbness and paresthesias in the median nerve distribution are the hallmark neuropathic symptoms ( NS ) of carpal tunnel entrapment syndrome.
6. When the median nerve is compressed, as in CTS, it will conduct more slowly than normal and more slowly than other nerves.
7. Surgery involves making a small incision in the wrist and cutting the carpal ligament away from the median nerve to relieve pressure.
8. The median nerve emerges to lie between the flexor digitorum superficialis and the flexor carpi ulnaris muscles which are just above the wrist.
9. The goal of electrodiagnostic testing is to compare the speed of conduction in the median nerve with conduction in other nerves supplying the hand.
10. The resulting palsy has been clinically treated using the phrenic nerve as a donor for neurotization of the musculocutaneous nerve and the median nerve.