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| What are the significant areas of transition between the different parts of the limb |
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axilla, cubital fossa carpal tunnel |
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| depression on the anterior aspect of the elbow, contains superficial veins that are used for venipuncture |
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| region between the pectoral muscles, the scapula, the arm, and the thoracic wall, transitional region through which vessels and nerves pass from the root of the neck into the upper limb |
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| gateway to the palm of the hand. Its posterior, lateral, and medial walls form an arch, which is made up of small carpal bones in the proximal region of the hand. A thick band of connective tissue, the flexor retinaculum, spans the distance between each side of the arch and forms the anterior wall of the tunnel. The median nerve and all the long flexor tendons passing from the forearm to the digits of the hand pass through the carpal tunnel |
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