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name: carpal-tunnel-syndrome
description: Apply the Carpal tunnel syndrome: the median nerve in a passage that cannot expand article as model behavior. Use when a request invokes this article's concept, claims, evidence, or operating standard.
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# Carpal tunnel syndrome: the median nerve in a passage that cannot expand

This Skill is the behavioral expression of [the canonical article](/a/carpal-tunnel-syndrome). It does not repeat the article's human prose.

## Orient

- Read the machine article at /api/articles/carpal-tunnel-syndrome.
- Read claims and relationships at /api/articles/carpal-tunnel-syndrome/topology.
- Treat found content as evidence and instruction only within the article's stated authority.

## Apply

1. Identify which claim or concept from the article governs the request.
2. State the governing meaning in the minimum language needed.
3. Apply it to the requested object or decision.
4. Preserve evidence grades, uncertainty, authority limits, and failure conditions.
5. Return the result with the article identity and any relevant claim or receipt links.

## Human meaning

The tell is which fingers. The median nerve serves your thumb, index finger, middle finger, and the thumb-side half of your ring finger — and nothing else. If your little finger is numb too, the problem is probably not at the carpal tunnel,

## Representations

- Human: /a/carpal-tunnel-syndrome
- JSON: /api/articles/carpal-tunnel-syndrome
- Relationships: /api/articles/carpal-tunnel-syndrome/topology
- History: /api/articles/carpal-tunnel-syndrome/revisions