{"id":39931,"date":"2021-04-07T15:21:38","date_gmt":"2021-04-07T13:21:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.yuveo.eu\/lexikon\/sulcus-ulnaris-syndrome-anatomy-in-the-elbow-region\/"},"modified":"2025-09-02T11:08:06","modified_gmt":"2025-09-02T09:08:06","slug":"sulcus-ulnaris-syndrome-anatomy-in-the-elbow-region","status":"publish","type":"encyclopedia","link":"https:\/\/www.yuveo.de\/en\/lexikon\/sulcus-ulnaris-syndrome-anatomy-in-the-elbow-region\/","title":{"rendered":"Sulcus ulnaris syndrome &#8211; Anatomy in the elbow region"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>Anatomy that is important in sulcus ulnaris syndrome<\/strong>:<\/h2>\n<p>On the ulnar side, the ulnar nerve runs through a channel that is formed by bone in the depth and on the sides. <strong>Sulcus means groove<\/strong> &#8211; which is why hand surgeons also speak of <strong>ulnar groove syndrome<\/strong>. <\/p>\n<p>In sulcus ulnaris syndrome, the <strong>nerve<\/strong> is <strong>constricted<\/strong> in this <strong>groove<\/strong> <strong>!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The roof of the olecranon is covered by tight connective tissue and partly by muscles. An impact in this region causes an impressive<strong> electrifying pain<\/strong> that<strong> extends into the little finger<\/strong>. <\/p>\n<p>The ulnar nerve runs under two bellies of the wrist flexor muscles in the area of the ulnar canal remote from the body.<\/p>\n<p>It supplies the <strong>little finger<\/strong> and the <strong>ring finger on the little finger side<\/strong> with <strong>skin sensation<\/strong> and is responsible for a large part of the small hand muscles.<\/p>\n<p>Our hand surgery team in D\u00fcsseldorf explains the anatomy of the further course of the ulnar nerve in the wrist area in the chapter on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yuveo.de\/en\/lexikon\/loge-de-guyon-syndrome\/\">Loge de Guyon syndrome<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Anatomy that is important in sulcus ulnaris syndrome: On the ulnar side, the ulnar nerve runs through a channel that is formed by bone in the depth and on the sides. Sulcus means groove &#8211; which is why hand surgeons also speak of ulnar groove syndrome. In sulcus ulnaris syndrome, the nerve is constricted in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"template":"","encyclopedia-tag":[169,170,168],"class_list":["post-39931","encyclopedia","type-encyclopedia","status-publish","hentry","encyclopedia-tag-ellenkanal","encyclopedia-tag-ellennerv","encyclopedia-tag-sulcus-ulnaris-syndrom"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yuveo.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/encyclopedia\/39931","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yuveo.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/encyclopedia"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yuveo.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/encyclopedia"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yuveo.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yuveo.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39931"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"encyclopedia-tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yuveo.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/encyclopedia-tag?post=39931"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}