Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
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Flexor Sheaths
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Flexor Sheaths
Fibrous sheaths:
cover the flexor tendons
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Synovial sheaths:
cover flexor tendons deep to the fibrous sheaths.
NB: Extensor sheaths are also present dorsally. Both flexor and extensor sheaths are found deep to flexor and extensor retinaculae.
Image Source: Anatomy and Cell Biology, Queen's University
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