"Flexor" Quotes from Famous Books
... chipped off by a fall on the edge of a table or kerbstone, or it may be forcibly avulsed by traction through the ulnar collateral (internal lateral) ligament, as an accompaniment of dislocation. It is usually displaced downwards and forwards by the flexor muscles attached to it, and may thus come to exert pressure on the ulnar nerve. The fragment may be grasped and made to move on the shaft, producing crepitus. Fibrous union ... — Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities--Head--Neck. Sixth Edition. • Alexander Miles |