Can you please explain carpal tunnel?

Wrist anatomy: The 7 small bones in the wrist form an incomplete circle which is completed with a fibrous band across the wrist forming a "canal" through which the tendons and the median nerve pass!

Nerve compression: http://www.handctr.com/carpal-tunnel-syndrome-q-a.html median nerve compression at the wrist gives numbness in the blue area and loss of muscle function in the large muscle of the thumb.

Nerve Compression: The carpal tunnel is the part of the wrist at the base of the palm that contains the flexor tendons of the hand and the median nerve as they travel from the forearm to the hand. Swelling in this space can cause median nerve compression leading to carpal tunnel syndrome. The symptoms are numbness, tingling and pain.

Carpal tunnel answer: http://www.handctr.com/carpal-tunnel-syndrome-q-a.html median nerve compression at the wrist gives numbness in the blue area and loss of muscle function in the large muscle of the thumb here is a nice video i made a few years back http://www.Youtube.Com/watch?V=lwghddhvm60&list=plcbd41f7a42e20469&index=4&feature=plpp_video.

Carpal tunnel: This is the canal through which the median nerve and hand flexor tendons travel. Carpal tunnel syndrome is a pinching of the median nerve, usually by the transverse carpal ligament.