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What is the noun for ulna?

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ulna
  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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  3. Examples:
    1. “The location of the most isometric clusters on the ulna were more variable.”
      “When the ulna is shorter than the radius, the lunate bone absorbs more force when the wrist is used for heavy gripping activities.”
      “Although poorly represented, other skeletal elements include nine pelvis fragments, two ulna fragments, three atlases, and a few rib fragments.”
ulnare
  1. (anatomy) One of the carpal bones, situated at the distal end of the ulna.
  2. Examples:
    1. “The bones of the proximal row are the radiale, the ulnare, and the pisiform.”
      “The ulnare, intermedium and pisiform are comparatively large flattened bones, the others are small and cubical.”
      “For more than 50 years, it has been known that some lobe-finned fish have homologues of two wrist bones, the intermedium and ulnare.”
ulnares
  1. plural of ulnare
ulnae
  1. plural of ulna
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  3. Examples:
    1. “They had been crafted from the ulnae of the red-crowned crane and had between five and eight finger-holes.”
      “The bones on which this species is founded are a pair of ulnae, one radius, four metatarsi, and one coracoid.”
      “This process progresses to the development of caput ulnae syndrome in which the carpus subluxates volarly and supinates while the ulnar head displaces dorsally.”
ulnas
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