ulnar

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Plates 15 and 16, which appears to me as being most inclusive of all their various conditions, is this -- viz., that the point of division into radial, ulnar, and interosseous, which F, Plate 16, usually marks, may take place at any part of the member between the bend of the elbow and the coracoid process in the axillary space.

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  1. Of or pertaining to the ulna.
  2. 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.
  3. Anterior ulnar vein. See vein.
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  • So instead I whacked him on the inside of the elbow, aiming for the ulnar nerve. —  FSFMagazine,August2007
  • Models for estimating the radio-ulnar location of the finger MCP and thumb CMC joints with respect to the long axis of the third metacarpal using external hand breadth as the independent variable account for between 30 and 74\% of the variability in these locations. grasp hand kinematics model motion neuroscience simulator CiteULike organises scholarly (or academic) papers or literature and provides bibliographic (which means it makes bibliographies) for universities and higher education establishments. —  CiteULike: Everyone's library
  • Moltzen has undergone scans which have revealed a dislocated radio-ulnar joint and will now begin a rehabilitation program.
  • I kind of like how the puzzle almost sneaks in the word LUNAR at 33D: Like a bone from the elbow to the wrist (ulnar). —  Rex Parker Does the NYT Crossword Puzzle
  • Rafael Soriano (coming off ulnar-nerve surgery for pain in his elbow) and —  USATODAY.com News - Top Stories
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  1. from New Latin ulnaris, from Latin ulna, ulna: see ulna.
 

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