Images Show CT of Mummified Hand. (image)
Caption
Images show CT of mummified hand. (a) Palmar view of volume rendering depicts bones. (b) Axial view of hand. Arrows indicate linen (A), skin (B), tendons of extensor digitorum communis (C), tendons of extensor digiti minimi (D), tendons of extensor pollicis longus (E), tendons of flexor pollicis longus (F), tendons of flexor digitorum profundus (G), tendons of flexor digitorum superficialis (H), distal portion of carpal ligament (J), median nerve (K), ulnar nerve and/or superficial branch of ulnar artery (L), and possibly deep branch of ulnar artery (M). Scale bar represents 5 mm. (c) Axial section through proximal phalanges of third and fourth fingers. Arrows indicate linen (A), skin (B), tendons of extensor digitorum (C), tendons of flexor digitorum superficialis (D), tendons of flexor digitorum profundus (E), proper palmar digital arteries (F), proper palmar digital nerves of median nerve (G) and of ulnar nerve (H), and residues from embalming process (I).
Credit
Radiological Society of North America
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