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extensor retinaculum

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extensor retinaculum
n.
A strong fibrous band stretching obliquely across the back of the wrist and binding down the extensor tendons of the fingers and thumb.
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31,32) [FIGURE 13 OMITTED] [FIGURE 14 OMITTED] [FIGURE 15 OMITTED] Neurovascular The deep peroneal nerve can become compressed in the fibro-osseous tunnel underneath the inferior extensor retinaculum.
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