ulna
IPA: ˈʌɫnʌ
noun
- (anatomy) The bone of the forearm that extends from the elbow to the wrist on the side opposite to the thumb, corresponding to the fibula of the hind limb. Also, the corresponding bone in the forelimb of any vertebrate.
Examples of "ulna" in Sentences
- Note the visible break in the ulna.
- Secondaries are connected to the ulna.
- The kick cleanly separated the ulna bone.
- A barbaric crunching of radius and ulna bones.
- Its moving 'insertion' is the ulna of the forearm.
- At the distal end of the ulna is a styloid process.
- They are characterized by an ulna with a curved shaft.
- Fossil hominin ulnae and the forelimb of Paranthropus.
- The forearm contains two bones, the radius and the ulna.
- The syndrome shows abnormalities of the ulna 'and' the breast.