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Ulnar Styloid Process Fracture Wheeless

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Description: Anatomy:
- Tunnel V:
- overlies distal ends of radioulnar articulation on dorsum of wrist, contains EDM;
- Tunnel VI:
- in groove between the apex of ulnar styloid process & ulnar head, contains ECU tendon which is palpable from where it passes over ulnar styloid process to its insertion into the side of 5th metacarpal base
Wheeless' Textbook of Orthopaedics

Type: Reference Material
Author/Contact: C.R.Wheeless
Institution: Duke
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Language: English

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Added: Mon Feb 04 2002
Last Modified: Tue Jul 07 2009