About ten blood vessels and nerves and more than twenty tendons pass through the wrist area. These are bound by two fibrous muscle bands that cuff the entire wrist and lie just under the skin. The two bands, the flexor retinaculum and the extensor retinaculum work together. The
flexor retinaculum is a deep, thick fibrous band that lies on the palm side of the wrist and creates the carpal tunnel for the passage of the long flexor tendons of the fingers. The extensor retinaculum attaches to the ulna and crosses the back of the wrist and attaches to the ridges on the distal end of the radius. Research Flexor Retinaculum
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Research Flexor Retinaculum
