Joints — Classification & Synovial Joint Structure — Practice
A 38-year-old labourer cannot extend the metacarpophalangeal joints of his fingers after a fracture, yet wrist extension is preserved although it deviates radially. There is no sensory loss. The lesion involves the deep branch of the radial nerve. This branch is most likely compressed as it passes through which structure?
AFlexor retinaculum
BCubital tunnel
CSupinator (arcade of Frohse)
DPronator teres