Flexor retinaculum
Role: prevent tendons from 'bowing' with wrist flexion
Free movement via Flexor sheaths
Attachments
medial
pisiform + hamate
lateral
scaphoid + trapezium
in the neighbourhood
Structures that pass under it: see contents of carpal tunnel
Structures that pass OVER it:
- ulnar nerve
- ulnar artery
- tendon of palmaris longus