Tendon sheath of extensor digitorum and extensor indicis
Vagina tendinum musculorum extensoris digitorum et extensoris indicis · Pochva šlach natahovače prstů a ukazováku
Joints & cartilage
Looks like
One sleeve around the tendons that straighten the fingers, in the middle compartment on the back of the wrist.
What it does
Lets these tendons glide under the wrist band.
Keeping it well
Swelling here is common in rheumatoid arthritis; a painless swelling that moves with the tendons is often tenosynovitis or a ganglion.
Related conditions
- Carpal tunnel syndrome
- De Quervain's tenosynovitis
- Dupuytren's contracture & trigger finger
- Ganglion cyst
- Gout
- Haemophilia & bleeding disorders
- Juvenile idiopathic arthritis
- Lyme disease
- Marfan syndrome & connective tissue disorders
- Osteoarthritis
- Pseudogout (calcium pyrophosphate disease)
- Psoriatic arthritis
- Raynaud's phenomenon
- Repetitive strain & overuse injury
- Rheumatic fever & rheumatic heart disease
- Rheumatoid arthritis
- Systemic lupus erythematosus
- Temporomandibular joint disorder