ulna
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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
Haniger left the game, and tests revealed a fractured ulna that required surgery.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 5, 2024
The former are attached by their bases at relatively wide distances apart to the ulna, while the primaries are crowded close together and attached to the skeleton of the hand.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 2 "Fairbanks, Erastus" to "Fens" by Various
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
In the Science Advances study, researchers reexamined the ulnae and femur using two main approaches.
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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