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thenar eminence

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thenar eminence
Etymology: Gk, thenar, palm of the hand; L, eminentia, projection
a raised fleshy area on the palm of the hand near the base of the thumb.


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In 2 recent multisite studies, MRS monitoring at the thenar eminence was successfully utilized in the assessment of regional peripheral muscle oxygenation (St02) and this parameters relationship to the severity of shock and organ dysfunction in trauma patients.
There was always God reclining in the empty space beside my hand, beside the thenar eminence, beside my careful eyes that imagined the other boys in all of their happiness.
We chose muscles on the basis of previous studies of upper-extremity muscle function (Benbow, 1997; Engin, 1980; Ince, Leon, & Christidis, 1986; Shambes, 1976; Wilson & Trombly, 1984) and included the intrinsic muscles of the thenar eminence (abductor pollicis brevis, flexor pollicis brevis, opponens pollicis) and one proximal shoulder muscle: upper fibers of the trapezius.
 
 
 
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