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The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English | 2009 | Copyright

ul·na / ˈəlnə/ • n. (pl. -nae / -ˌnē; -ˌnī/ or -nas ) the thinner and longer of the two bones in the human forearm, on the side opposite to the thumb. Compare with radius (sense 2). ∎  the corresponding bone in a quadruped's foreleg or a bird's wing. DERIVATIVES: ul·nar adj.
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A Dictionary of Nursing | 2008 | Copyright

ulna (ul-nă) n. the inner and longer bone of the forearm. It articulates with the humerus and radius above and with the radius and indirectly with the wrist bones below.
—ulnar (ul-ner) adj.
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A Dictionary of Biology | 2004 | Copyright

ulna The larger of the two bones in the forearm of vertebrates (compare radius). It articulates with the outer carpals at the wrist and with the humerus at the elbow.
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World Encyclopedia | 2005 | Copyright

ulna Long bone of the inner side of the forearm. At its upper end it articulates with the humerus in the upper arm and with the radius in the forearm.
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A Dictionary of Zoology | 1999 | | Copyright

ulna In tetrapods, the longer and thicker of the two bones of the fore limb; its upper end articulates with the humerus.
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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | | Copyright

ulna (anat.) larger inner bone of the forearm. XVI. — L. ulna forearm, ELL.
Hence ulnar XVIII.
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A Dictionary of Earth Sciences | 1999 | | Copyright

ulna In tetrapods (Tetrapoda), the post-axial bone of the fore limb.
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The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed. | 2011 | Copyright

ulna see arm .

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