| CARPALTUNNELSYNDROME | Compression of the wrist's median nerve causes ____ |
| SPRAINS | Twists of the wrists |
| SCIATICA | Pain resulting from compression of the body's longest and widest nerve, extending from the lower back into the foot (8) |
| ASH | Hymenoscyphus fraxineus is a fungus that causes ___ dieback disease (3) |
| CARPALTUNNEL | The passageway on the palmar side of the wrist that connects the forearm to the palm |
| SEDIMENTARY | Of rock, formed by the accumulation and compression of mineral and organic particles on the earth's surface (11) |
| TRAPEZIUM | Small bone of the wrist near the base of the thumb |
| CUFFS | Ends of sleeves; parts of gloves or gauntlets covering the wrists; or, the inflatable armbands of blood pressure monitors (5) |
| PALMS | Inner surfaces of the hands between the fingers and the wrists |
| CARPAL | Of or relating to the bones of the wrist |
| SCAPHOID | One of the carpal bones of the wrist (8) |
| HOOKE | ---'s Law, physical principle governing the extension and compression of springs (5) |
| SHACKLE | One of a pair of rings for confining the wrists and ankles as of a suspected criminal, etc. |
| PISIFORM | Small pea-shaped bone of the wrist located below the little finger, articulating with the triquetrum (8) |
| COCONUTS | "I've got a loverly bunch of ...; There they are a-standing in a row; Big ones, small ones, some as big as your head; Give 'em a twist, a flick of the wrist; Is what the showman said" |
| SHALE | Dark fine-grained sedimentary rock formed by compression of successive layers of clay, mud etc. (5) |
| BROWNCOAL | Soft sedimentary rock formed by the heating and compression of peat, also called lignite (5,4) |
| TRAPEZOID | The second distal carpal bone of the wrist (9) |
| FOREARMS | They're between the elbows and the wrists |
| SWEATBAND | Piece of sportswear for the wrists (9) |
