The cubital tunnel is a channel which allows the Ulnar nerve

Ulnar nerve

In human anatomy, the ulnar nerve is a nerve which runs near the ulna bone. The ulnar collateral ligament of elbow joint is in relation with the ulnar nerve. The nerve is the largest unprotected nerve in the human body , so injury is common...

 (commonly known as the "funny bone") to travel over the elbow.

Chronic compression of this nerve is known as Cubital Tunnel Syndrome, a form of Repetitive Strain Injury

Repetitive strain injury

Repetitive strain injury is an injury of the musculoskeletal and nervous systems that may be caused by...

 akin to Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

Carpal tunnel syndrome

Carpal Tunnel Syndrome is an entrapment idiopathic median neuropathy, causing paresthesia, pain, and other symptoms in the distribution of the median nerve due to its compression at the wrist in the carpal tunnel. The pathophysiology is not completely understood but can be considered compression...

 (though now, the opinion over role of repetitive stress in causing carpal tunnel syndrome is divided).

See also

• Ulnar nerve entrapment
  Ulnar nerve entrapment
  Ulnar nerve entrapment is a condition where the ulnar nerve becomes trapped or pinched due to some physiological abnormalities. -Classification:...
  
  
• Froment's sign
  Froment's sign
  Froment's sign is a special test of the wrist. It tests for palsy of the ulnar nerve, specifically, the action of adductor pollicis. Froment sign can also refer to cogwheel effect seen in essential tremor.-Process of examination:...
  
  
• Medial epicondyle of the humerus
  Medial epicondyle of the humerus
  The medial epicondyle of the humerus, larger and more prominent than the lateral epicondyle, is directed a little backward. In birds, where the arm is somewhat rotated compared to other tetrapods, it is called ventral epicondyle of the humerus....
  
  

External links

• Image at University of Florida
  University of Florida
  The University of Florida is an American public land-grant, sea-grant, and space-grant research university located on a campus in Gainesville, Florida. The university traces its historical origins to 1853, and has operated continuously on its present Gainesville campus since September 1906...
  
  
• Cubital Tunnel Support Forums