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anatomical snuffbox

(Anatomy) the triangular depression on the back of the hand between the thumb and the index finger

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She also had tenderness to palpation over the anatomical snuff box, extending proximally to the distal radius bilaterally.

THE PATIENT: 12-year-old girl: SIGNS & SYMPTONS: Bilateral wrist pain: Limited range of motion: Tenderness to palpation

The tendon of EPL then forms the posterior boundary of anatomical snuff box. Finally, it passes into the posterior aspect of the base of distal phalanx of thumb (Leaver & Chatterjee, 2013).

An Accessory Extensor Pollicis Longus Tendon: A Case Report of Rare Anatomical Variant/ Tendon Accesorio del Musculo Extensor Largo del Pulgar: Reporte de Caso de una Rara Variacion Anatomica

Clinical examination of the hand and wrist revealed tenderness in the anatomical snuff box with a positive axial thumb loading test.

Scaphoid Fracture in a Patient with a Scaphotrapezial Synostosis: A Case Report and Literature Review

(6,36,37) They most often occur at the level of the anatomical snuff box, with the artery passing superficial to the tendons that form the borders of the snuff box' rather than deep to them.

A rare case of unilateral variations of forearm arteries: anatomy, embryology and clinical implications

After passing deep to the abductor pollicis longus and extensor carpi radialis brevis the radial artery reaches the anatomical snuff box where its become a content of it.

Persistent median artery associated with superficial radial artery at the wrist--a case report

The scaphoid is located on the radial side of the wrist in the anatomical snuff box, which is located between the extensor pollicis brevis and extensor pollicis longus tendons.