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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 metacarpal, which articulates with the radial bone of the carpus, is larger than the one which is in line with the ulna.

From Artistic Anatomy of Animals by Cuyer, ?douard

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 Fowke, Gerard




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