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Anatomical snuffbox is a triangular depression on the lateral aspect of wrist distal to the radial styloid, it becomes prominent when the thumb is fully extended.
Boundaries
Lateral/Anterior wall
- Abductor pollicis longus
- Extensor pollicis brevis
Medial/Posterior wall
- Extensor pollicis longus
Floor
- Radial styloid
- Scaphoid
- Trapezium
- Base of first metacarpal
Contents
- Cephalic vein
- Radial artery
- Superficial branch of radial Nerve
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