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What does ulna mean?

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Noun
  1. (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.
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The location of the most isometric clusters on the ulna were more variable.
Trace the ulna down the side of your forearm to where it ends, a boney prominence above the wrist.
Extensor digiti medii arises from the ulna beneath the extensor indicis, with which it may be fused.
When the ulna is shorter than the radius, the lunate bone absorbs more force when the wrist is used for heavy gripping activities.
The muscle may be divided, with the second belly attached distally to the radius, or even the ulna.
Superior to the trochlea is another anterior depression called the coronoid fossa which receives part of the ulna when flexed.

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