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Author PageAuthor::William J Gibson
Exam Type ExamType::USMLE Step 1
Main Category MainCategory::Anatomy
Sub Category SubCategory::Musculoskeletal/Rheumatology, SubCategory::General Principles
Prompt [[Prompt::A physician-scientist presents to his primary care physician because of pain and tingling in his right hand. Over the past month, the patient has hurried to submit two R01 applications and has been working often at his keyboard. When the skin overlying the patient’s wrist is tapped lightly, the patient reports a feeling of “pins and needles”. The affected nerve traverses between the tendons of which two muscles in the carpal tunnel?]]
Answer A AnswerA::Flexor digitorum profundus and flexor pollicus longus
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Answer B AnswerB::Flexor digitorum profundus and flexor digitorum superficialis
Answer B Explanation AnswerBExp::
Answer C AnswerC::Flexor digitorum superficialis and flexor pollicus longus
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Answer D AnswerD::Opponens pollicis and flexor digitorum superficialis
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Answer E AnswerE::Abductor pollicis brevis and oppenens pollicis
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Right Answer RightAnswer::B
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Approved Approved::No
Keyword WBRKeyword::Carpel, WBRKeyword::Carpel tunnel, WBRKeyword::Hand, WBRKeyword::Arm, WBRKeyword::Median nerve, WBRKeyword::Nerve, WBRKeyword::Palsy
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