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Entrapment
Meaning: Compression of a peripheral nerve as it passes through a narrow anatomical space, causing pain, tingling or weakness.
In practice: Cubital tunnel syndrome is an ulnar nerve entrapment at the elbow.
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Which word means: Nerve roots are bundles of fibres emerging from the spinal cord that form spinal nerves.
Answer: Roots
Which word means: The 3rd cranial nerve controlling most eye movements.
Answer: Oculomotor
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