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89 relations: Abdominal wall, Acromegaly, Action potential, Anterior cutaneous nerve entrapment syndrome, Anterior interosseous nerve, Anterior interosseous syndrome, Axilla, Axon, Carpal tunnel, Carpal tunnel syndrome, Common peroneal nerve, Cubital tunnel, Cutaneous nerve, Demyelinating disease, Diabetes mellitus, Disease, Fibrosis, Fibula, Ganglion cyst, Hematoma, Hereditary neuropathy with liability to pressure palsy, Hypoesthesia, Hypothyroidism, Iliohypogastric nerve, Inguinal ligament, Injury, Insult (medical), Ischemia, Lateral cutaneous nerve of thigh, Lipoma, Median nerve, Medical sign, Meralgia paraesthetica, Metastasis, Muscle atrophy, Muscle weakness, Neoplasm, Nerve, Nerve conduction study, Nerve injury, Nerve root, Neurofibroma, Obturator canal, Obturator nerve, Pain, Paresthesia, Pelvis, Peripheral edema, Peripheral neuropathy, Piriformis muscle, ..., Piriformis syndrome, Plexopathy, Polyneuropathy, Posterior interosseous nerve, Pregnancy, Prognosis, Pronator teres muscle, Pronator teres syndrome, Psoriasis, Pudendal nerve, Pudendal nerve entrapment, Radial nerve, Radial neuropathy, Radial sulcus, Radiculopathy, Radiology, Saphenous nerve, Sciatic nerve, Sciatica, Scleroderma, Spinal disc herniation, Struthers' ligament, Superficial branch of radial nerve, Suprascapular nerve, Suprascapular notch, Surgery, Symptom, Tarsal tunnel, Tarsal tunnel syndrome, Thoracic outlet syndrome, Threshold of pain, Tibial nerve, Ulnar canal, Ulnar nerve, Ulnar nerve entrapment, Ulnar tunnel syndrome, Vasa nervorum, Wartenberg's syndrome, Weight gain. Expand index (39 more) »
Abdominal wall
In anatomy, the abdominal wall represents the boundaries of the abdominal cavity.
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Acromegaly
Acromegaly is a disorder that results from excess growth hormone (GH) after the growth plates have closed.
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Action potential
In physiology, an action potential occurs when the membrane potential of a specific axon location rapidly rises and falls: this depolarisation then causes adjacent locations to similarly depolarise.
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Anterior cutaneous nerve entrapment syndrome
Anterior cutaneous nerve entrapment syndrome (ACNES) is a nerve entrapment condition that causes chronic pain of the abdominal wall.
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Anterior interosseous nerve
The anterior interosseous nerve (volar interosseous nerve) is a branch of the median nerve that supplies the deep muscles on the anterior of the forearm, except the ulnar (medial) half of the flexor digitorum profundus.
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Anterior interosseous syndrome
Anterior interosseous syndrome or Kiloh-Nevin syndrome I is a medical condition in which damage to the anterior interosseous nerve (AIN), a motor branch of the median nerve, causes pain in the forearm and a characteristic weakness of the pincer movement of the thumb and index finger.
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Axilla
The axilla (also, armpit, underarm or oxter) is the area on the human body directly under the joint where the arm connects to the shoulder.
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Axon
An axon (from Greek ἄξων áxōn, axis) or nerve fiber, is a long, slender projection of a nerve cell, or neuron, that typically conducts electrical impulses known as action potentials, away from the nerve cell body.
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Carpal tunnel
In the human body, the carpal tunnel or carpal canal is the passageway on the palmar side of the wrist that connects the forearm to the hand.
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Carpal tunnel syndrome
Carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) is a medical condition due to compression of the median nerve as it travels through the wrist at the carpal tunnel.
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Common peroneal nerve
The common peroneal nerve (common fibular nerve; external popliteal nerve; lateral popliteal nerve) is a nerve in the lower leg that provides sensation over the posterolateral part of the leg and the knee joint.
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Cubital tunnel
The cubital tunnel is a space of the dorsal medial elbow which allows passage of the ulnar nerve around the elbow.
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Cutaneous nerve
A cutaneous nerve is a nerve that innervates the skin.
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Demyelinating disease
A demyelinating disease is any disease of the nervous system in which the myelin sheath of neurons is damaged.
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Diabetes mellitus
Diabetes mellitus (DM), commonly referred to as diabetes, is a group of metabolic disorders in which there are high blood sugar levels over a prolonged period.
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Disease
A disease is any condition which results in the disorder of a structure or function in an organism that is not due to any external injury.
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Fibrosis
Fibrosis is the formation of excess fibrous connective tissue in an organ or tissue in a reparative or reactive process.
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Fibula
The fibula or calf bone is a leg bone located on the lateral side of the tibia, with which it is connected above and below.
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Ganglion cyst
A ganglion cyst is a fluid filled lump associated with a joint or tendon sheath.
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Hematoma
A hematoma (US spelling) or haematoma (UK spelling) is a localized collection of blood outside the blood vessels, due to either disease or trauma including injury or surgery and may involve blood continuing to seep from broken capillaries.
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Hereditary neuropathy with liability to pressure palsy
Hereditary Neuropathy with Liability to Pressure Palsy (HNPP) is a peripheral neuropathy, a disorder of the nerves.
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Hypoesthesia
Hypoesthesia (also spelled as hypesthesia) is a common side effect of various medical conditions which manifests as a reduced sense of touch or sensation, or a partial loss of sensitivity to sensory stimuli.
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Hypothyroidism
Hypothyroidism, also called underactive thyroid or low thyroid, is a disorder of the endocrine system in which the thyroid gland does not produce enough thyroid hormone.
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Iliohypogastric nerve
The iliohypogastric nerve is a nerve that originates from the lumbar plexus that supplies sensation to skin over the lateral gluteal region and motor to the internal and transverse abdominal muscles.
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Inguinal ligament
The inguinal ligament (Poupart's ligament or groin ligament) is a band running from the pubic tubercle to the anterior superior iliac spine.
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Injury
Injury, also known as physical trauma, is damage to the body caused by external force.
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Insult (medical)
In medical terms, an insult is the cause of some kind of physical or mental injury.
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Ischemia
Ischemia or ischaemia is a restriction in blood supply to tissues, causing a shortage of oxygen that is needed for cellular metabolism (to keep tissue alive).
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Lateral cutaneous nerve of thigh
The lateral cutaneous nerve of the thigh (also called the lateral femoral cutaneous nerve) is a cutaneous nerve that innervates the skin on the lateral part of the thigh.
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Lipoma
A lipoma is a benign tumor made of fat tissue.
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Median nerve
The median nerve is a nerve in humans and other animals in the upper limb.
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Medical sign
A medical sign is an objective indication of some medical fact or characteristic that may be detected by a patient or anyone, especially a physician, before or during a physical examination of a patient.
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Meralgia paraesthetica
Meralgia paresthetica or meralgia paraesthetica (or Bernhardt-Roth syndrome), is numbness or pain in the outer thigh not caused by injury to the thigh, but by injury to a nerve that extends from the spinal column to the thigh.
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Metastasis
Metastasis is a pathogenic agent's spread from an initial or primary site to a different or secondary site within the host's body; it is typically spoken of as such spread by a cancerous tumor.
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Muscle atrophy
Muscle atrophy is defined as a decrease in the mass of the muscle; it can be a partial or complete wasting away of muscle, and is most commonly experienced when persons suffer temporary disabling circumstances such as being restricted in movement and/or confined to bed as when hospitalized.
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Muscle weakness
Muscle weakness or myasthenia (my- from Greek μυο meaning "muscle" + -asthenia ἀσθένεια meaning "weakness") is a lack of muscle strength.
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Neoplasm
Neoplasia is a type of abnormal and excessive growth of tissue.
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Nerve
A nerve is an enclosed, cable-like bundle of axons (nerve fibers, the long and slender projections of neurons) in the peripheral nervous system.
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Nerve conduction study
A nerve conduction study (NCS) is a medical diagnostic test commonly used to evaluate the function, especially the ability of electrical conduction, of the motor and sensory nerves of the human body.
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Nerve injury
Nerve injury is injury to nervous tissue.
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Nerve root
A nerve root (Latin: radix nervi) is the initial segment of a nerve leaving the central nervous system.
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Neurofibroma
A neurofibroma is a benign nerve-sheath tumor in the peripheral nervous system.
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Obturator canal
The obturator canal is a passageway formed in the obturator foramen by part of the obturator membrane.
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Obturator nerve
The obturator nerve in human anatomy arises from the ventral divisions of the second, third, and fourth lumbar nerves in the lumbar plexus; the branch from the third is the largest, while that from the second is often very small.
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Pain
Pain is a distressing feeling often caused by intense or damaging stimuli.
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Paresthesia
Paresthesia is an abnormal sensation such as tingling, tickling, pricking, numbness or burning of a person's skin with no apparent physical cause.
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Pelvis
The pelvis (plural pelves or pelvises) is either the lower part of the trunk of the human body between the abdomen and the thighs (sometimes also called pelvic region of the trunk) or the skeleton embedded in it (sometimes also called bony pelvis, or pelvic skeleton).
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Peripheral edema
Peripheral edema is edema (accumulation of fluid causing swelling) in tissues perfused by the peripheral vascular system, usually in the lower limbs.
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Peripheral neuropathy
Peripheral neuropathy (PN) is damage to or disease affecting nerves, which may impair sensation, movement, gland or organ function, or other aspects of health, depending on the type of nerve affected.
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Piriformis muscle
The piriformis is a muscle in the gluteal region of the lower limb.
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Piriformis syndrome
Piriformis syndrome is a condition which is believed to result from compression of the sciatic nerve around the piriformis muscle.
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Plexopathy
Plexopathy is a disorder affecting a network of nerves, blood vessels, or lymph vessels.
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Polyneuropathy
Polyneuropathy (poly- + neuro- + -pathy) is damage or disease affecting peripheral nerves (peripheral neuropathy) in roughly the same areas on both sides of the body, featuring weakness, numbness, and burning pain.
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Posterior interosseous nerve
The posterior interosseous nerve (or dorsal interosseous nerve) is a nerve in the forearm.
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Pregnancy
Pregnancy, also known as gestation, is the time during which one or more offspring develops inside a woman.
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Prognosis
Prognosis (Greek: πρόγνωσις "fore-knowing, foreseeing") is a medical term for predicting the likely or expected development of a disease, including whether the signs and symptoms will improve or worsen (and how quickly) or remain stable over time; expectations of quality of life, such as the ability to carry out daily activities; the potential for complications and associated health issues; and the likelihood of survival (including life expectancy).
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Pronator teres muscle
The pronator teres is a muscle of human (located mainly in the forearm) that, along with the pronator quadratus, serves to pronate the forearm (turning it so that the palm faces posteriorly when from the anatomical position).
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Pronator teres syndrome
Pronator teres syndrome is a compression neuropathy of the median nerve at the elbow.
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Psoriasis
Psoriasis is a long-lasting autoimmune disease characterized by patches of abnormal skin.
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Pudendal nerve
The pudendal nerve is the main nerve of the perineum.
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Pudendal nerve entrapment
Pudendal nerve entrapment (PNE), also known as Alcock canal syndrome, is an uncommon source of chronic pain, in which the pudendal nerve (located in the pelvis) is entrapped or compressed.
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Radial nerve
The radial nerve is a nerve in the human body that supplies the posterior portion of the upper limb.
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Radial neuropathy
Radial neuropathy (or radial mononeuropathy) is a type of mononeuropathy which results from acute trauma to the radial nerve that extends the length of the arm.
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Radial sulcus
The radial sulcus (also known as the musculospiral groove, radial groove, or spiral groove) is a broad but shallow oblique depression for the radial nerve and deep brachial artery.
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Radiculopathy
Radiculopathy, also commonly referred to as pinched nerve, refers to a set of conditions in which one or more nerves are affected and do not work properly (a neuropathy).
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Radiology
Radiology is the science that uses medical imaging to diagnose and sometimes also treat diseases within the body.
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Saphenous nerve
The saphenous nerve (long or internal saphenous nerve) is the largest cutaneous branch of the femoral nerve.
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Sciatic nerve
The sciatic nerve (also called ischiadic nerve, ischiatic nerve) is a large nerve in humans and animals.
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Sciatica
Sciatica is a medical condition characterized by pain going down the leg from the lower back.
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Scleroderma
Scleroderma is a group of autoimmune diseases that may result in changes to the skin, blood vessels, muscles, and internal organs.
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Spinal disc herniation
Spinal disc herniation, also known as a slipped disc, is a medical condition affecting the spine in which a tear in the outer, fibrous ring of an intervertebral disc allows the soft, central portion to bulge out beyond the damaged outer rings.
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Struthers' ligament
Struthers' ligament is a feature of human anatomy consisting of a band of connective tissue at the medial aspect of the distal humerus.
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Superficial branch of radial nerve
The superficial branch of the radial nerve passes along the front of the radial side of the forearm to the commencement of its lower third.
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Suprascapular nerve
The suprascapular nerve is a nerve that arises from the brachial plexus.
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Suprascapular notch
The suprascapular notch (or scapular notch) is a notch in the superior border of the scapula, just medial to the base of the coracoid process.
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Surgery
Surgery (from the χειρουργική cheirourgikē (composed of χείρ, "hand", and ἔργον, "work"), via chirurgiae, meaning "hand work") is a medical specialty that uses operative manual and instrumental techniques on a patient to investigate or treat a pathological condition such as a disease or injury, to help improve bodily function or appearance or to repair unwanted ruptured areas.
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Symptom
A symptom (from Greek σύμπτωμα, "accident, misfortune, that which befalls", from συμπίπτω, "I befall", from συν- "together, with" and πίπτω, "I fall") is a departure from normal function or feeling which is noticed by a patient, reflecting the presence of an unusual state, or of a disease.
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Tarsal tunnel
The tarsal tunnel is found along the inner leg posterior to the medial malleolus.
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Tarsal tunnel syndrome
Tarsal tunnel syndrome (TTS), also known as posterior tibial neuralgia, is a compression neuropathy and painful foot condition in which the tibial nerve is compressed as it travels through the tarsal tunnel.
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Thoracic outlet syndrome
Thoracic outlet syndrome (TOS) is a condition in which there is compression of the nerves, arteries, or veins in the passageway from the lower neck to the armpit.
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Threshold of pain
The threshold of pain or pain threshold is the point along a curve of increasing perception of a stimulus at which pain begins to be felt.
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Tibial nerve
The tibial nerve is a branch of the sciatic nerve.
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Ulnar canal
The ulnar canal or ulnar tunnel (also known as Guyon's canal or tunnel) is a semi-rigid longitudinal canal in the wrist that allows passage of the ulnar artery and ulnar nerve into the hand.
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Ulnar nerve
In human anatomy, the ulnar nerve is a nerve that runs near the ulna bone.
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Ulnar nerve entrapment
Ulnar nerve entrapment is a condition where the ulnar nerve becomes physically trapped or pinched, resulting in pain, numbness, or weakness.
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Ulnar tunnel syndrome
Ulnar tunnel syndrome, also known as Guyon's canal syndrome or Handlebar palsy, is caused by entrapment of the ulnar nerve in the Guyon canal as it passes through the wrist.
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Vasa nervorum
Vasa nervorum are small arteries that provide blood supply to peripheral nerves.
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Wartenberg's syndrome
Wartenberg's syndrome is a specific mononeuropathy, caused by entrapment of the superficial branch of the radial nerve.
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Weight gain
Weight gain is an increase in body weight.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nerve_compression_syndrome
