Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Of or pertaining to the ulna.
  • Of or pertaining to that side of the fore limb upon which the ulna is situated: as, the ulnar border of the forearm; the ulnar bone of the wrist (see ulnare): opposed to radial.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the ulna, or the elbow.

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  • adjective Of or pertaining to the ulna, or the elbow; as, the ulnar nerve.

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  • adjective relating to or near the ulna

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Examples

  • Loops which flow in the direction of the ulna bone (toward the little finger) are called ulnar loops and those which flow in the direction of the radius bone are called radial loops.

    The Science of Fingerprints Classification and Uses United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation 1933

  • The articular surface for the ulna is called the ulnar notch (sigmoid cavity) of the radius; it is narrow, concave, smooth, and articulates with the head of the ulna.

    II. Osteology. 6a. 5. The Radius 1918

  • The procedure -- named for the Hall of Fame pitcher who was the first to have the operation in 1974 -- involves using a tendon from elsewhere in the body to replace a damaged elbow ligament called the ulnar collateral ligament (UCL).

    Medlogs - Recent stories 2010

  • "Sometimes it includes the ring finger due to dual innervation with another nerve called the ulnar nerve.

    Livescience.com 2010

  • The MCL, or medial collateral ligament of the elbow, is more commonly called the ulnar collateral ligament to avoid confusion with the knee's MCL.)

    Baseball Prospectus 2008

  • Medically known as cubital tunnel syndrome, cell phone elbow is numbness, tingling and pain in the forearm and hand caused by compression of the ulnar nerve, which passes along the bony bump on the inside of the elbow.

    CELL PHONE ELBOW: Health Update For Cell Phone Users In The Digital Age The Huffington Post News Team 2009

  • Somebody already got it .... but it's the nerves there, the ulnar nerve, I think.

    Random Thought Nalini Singh 2010

  • Strasburg talked a bit about the support he had received, including a letter from a boy in Mechanicsville, Va., who told him he had also suffered a tear of his ulnar collateral ligament.

    Stephen Strasburg, local Little Leaguer connect over Tommy John surgery Adam Kilgore 2011

  • News broke over the weekend that Johnson has a strained ulnar collateral ligament in his right elbow and that he'd seek a second opinion from the famed Alabama-based orthopedic surgeon.

    American League Team Notes 2010

  • When he threw about 20 pitches in his first bullpen session, Meredith felt acute pain in his elbow, which led to a series of tests, which eventually revealed a torn ulnar ligament.

    Cla Meredith will undergo Tommy John surgery 2011

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