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A total of nine flexor tendons (not the muscles themselves) pass through the carpal tunnel:
- flexor digitorum profundus (four tendons)
- flexor digitorum superficialis (four tendons)
- flexor pollicis longus (one tendon)
A single nerve passes through the tunnel: the median nerve between tendons of flexor digitorum profundus and flexor digitorum superficialis
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