(1) In the 19 cases with a second tendon, the aberrant tendon inserted into the tendon of abductor pollicis brevis in 12 cases, inserted onto the trapezium in six, and joined the volar carpal ligament in one.

(2) The flexor sheath is a membranous structure, which surrounds the flexor tendons from the metacarpal neck to the volar plate of the distal interphalangeal joint and is attached longitudinally to the underlying bony structures.

(3) Amputation injuries are also classified as dorsal, transverse or volar , according to the plane of the amputation.

(4) Cysts are self evident, being soft and ballotable, and occur along the dorsal and volar aspects of the wrist.

(5) At the wrist, the radial artery gives off a volar carpal branch that joins the ulnar artery.