Warp wrote:
> Trevor G Quayle <Tin### [at] hotmailcom> wrote:
>> "Compression of the median nerve as it runs deep to the transverse carpal
>> ligament (TCL) causes wasting of the thenar eminence, weakness of the
>> flexor pollicis brevis, adductor pollicis, opponens pollicis, abductor
>> pollicis brevis, as well as sensory loss in the distribution of the
>> median nerve distal to the transverse carpal ligament, sparing the
>> superficial sensory branch given that its branch point is normally
>> proximal to the TCL and travels superficially thus avoiding compression."
> 
>> This is carpal tunnel syndrome in layman's terms...
> 
>   I'd hate to see the academic formal definition. ;)
> 

I think (hope!) Trevor meant "That junk above is, in layman terms, known
as 'carpal tunnel syndrome'".

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