Median nerve

It supplies the meaty part of the hand (thenar eminance) [G: thenar = palmar + L: eminens = prominent]

(the radial don't do anything beyond the rist)

From the roots of C5 to T1 - (comprising 5 muscles I'll tell you only once)

• Abductor pollicis brevis [takes away + thumb + short]
• Opponens pollicis [opposes + thumb]
• Flexor pollicis brevis [flexes + thumb + short]
• 1st lumbrical (lateral) [worm like]
• ½ flexor digitorum profundus [flex + finger + deep]

This nerve gets squished in the carpal tunnel as it squeezes through the tiny gap between the carpus and the flexor retinaculum - this gives the symptoms of carpal tunnel syndrome [G: reticularis = net like] [L: carpus = wrist]

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