NBCE Exam 2025 – 400 Free Practice Questions to Pass the National Board of Chiropractic Examiners

Paresthesia in the palm and specifically in the first, second, and third fingers is most commonly associated with entrapment of the median nerve. The most likely location for this type of nerve entrapment is the Carpal Tunnel, where the median nerve passes beneath the transverse carpal ligament.

The median nerve innervates the majority of the anterior forearm muscles and provides sensation to the palmar aspect of the first three fingers and half of the fourth, which is why symptoms may present in this area when the nerve is compressed or entrapped within the carpal tunnel.

While the other options may involve other nerves that provide sensation and motor functions to the hand and forearm, they do not specifically correlate with the symptom profile described. For instance, the Pronator Teres syndrome affects the median nerve as well, but it typically produces symptoms more in the forearm rather than causing paresthesia along the fingers in the way described. Radial Tunnel syndrome mainly affects the radial nerve and can cause pain in the forearm but does not typically involve sensory changes in the fingers. Ulnar Canal syndrome involves the ulnar nerve and affects the fourth and fifth fingers, which does not match the symptom profile in the question.

Thus