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ulnar nerve

NOUN
funny bone
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“The ulnar nerve travels right next to where the ulnar collateral ligament is, the ligament that’s injured when people need Tommy John surgery,” Beyer said.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2023

Rockies: Placed RHP Tyler Kinley on the 15-day injured list, retroactive to Thursday with a right elbow ulnar nerve injury, and recalled RHP Chad Smith from Triple-A Albuquerque.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 12, 2022

LHP Thomas Szapucki was recalled from Triple-A Syracuse and placed on the 60-day injured list due to ulnar nerve transposition surgery.

From Fox News • Sep. 18, 2021

He underwent Tommy John surgery in 2010, and he had another operation near the end of the 2016 season to move a troublesome ulnar nerve.

From New York Times • May 3, 2018

It is usually displaced downwards and forwards by the flexor muscles attached to it, and may thus come to exert pressure on the ulnar nerve.

From Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. by Miles, Alexander




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