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ulna

[uhl-nuh] / ˈʌl nə /
NOUN
forearm
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The team recovered teeth, a skull, jaws, and parts of the skeleton, including a femur and an ulna.

From Science Daily ● Apr. 27, 2026

At the moment, Chiappe, May and paleontologist Pedro Mocho are locked in an intense discussion about the precise positioning of an ulna.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 15, 2024

Det Insp Nikki Deehan said excavations "first uncovered a tibia and fibula and a humerus, ulna, and radius bone relating to the lower left leg and right arm respectively".

From BBC ● Jan. 25, 2024

The UCL connects the humerus bone to ulna bone at the elbow.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 2, 2023

The humerus is much longer than with the Yezo Ainu, while the ulna and radius are shorter; the hand is the same length.

From Alone with the Hairy Ainu or, 3,800 miles on a pack saddle in Yezo and a cruise to the Kurile Islands. by A. H. Savage Landor

In the Science Advances study, researchers reexamined the ulnae and femur using two main approaches.

From Science Daily ● Jan. 3, 2026

About twenty years later, scientists reported analyses of additional bones from the same discovery, including forearm bones known as ulnae and a thigh bone called the femur.

From Science Daily ● Jan. 3, 2026

While other species of birds have hollow bones, the club-winged manakins have solid ulnas that help enhance the sound production of their wing songs.

From Washington Post ● Jun. 15, 2017

Besides the ulnas, there are pieces of ribs, scapula, tibia, and feet.

From Archeological Investigations Bureau of American Ethnology, Bulletin 76 by Gerard Fowke


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