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Carpal tunnel syndrome is caused by compression of which nerve?

A Ulnar nerve
B Median nerve as it passes through the carpal tunnel at the wrist
C Radial nerve
D Musculocutaneous nerve

✓ Correct Answer: Option B

Carpal tunnel: median nerve compression. Symptoms: numbness/tingling in thumb, index, middle, lateral ring fingers. Worse at night. Thenar atrophy in severe cases. Tinel/Phalen signs. Splinting, steroid injection, surgery.

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