Ulnae

Word ULNAE
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Definitions and meanings of "Ulnae"

What do we mean by ulnae?

The bone of the forearm that extends from the elbow to the wrist on the side opposite to the thumb, corresponding to the fibula of the hind limb. Also, the corresponding bone in the forelimb of any vertebrate.

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The word "ulnae" in example sentences

Whereas a normal lower arm is composed of two bones, a radius and an ulna, this lower arm has two ulnae and no radius. ❋ Matthew Guerrieri (2006)

There were pieces of bone on a workbench: ribs, a radius and ulnae, sections of skull. ❋ John Connolly (2005)

The meat-bearing parts of the fore - and hind legs (represented by scapulae, humeri, radii, ulnae, pelves, femora and tibiae) and the axial skeleton (vertebrae and ribs) were less frequently present. ❋ Unknown (2003)

Researchers from the Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology of Henan Province in Zhengzhou found the flutes, crafted from the hollow ulnae (wing bones) of red-crowned crane, among fragments of 30 others at the Neolithic (ca. 8000-2000 B.C.) site of Jiahu in central Henan Province. ❋ Unknown (1999)

The largest of these are presumably humeri, and there may be remnants of ulnae and radii as well. ❋ Unknown (2009)

These ratios reflect the narrow and gracile diaphysis of the ulnae, compared to the massively expanded proximal epiphyses, where the lateral and medial processes are extended into narrow crests from the main shaft. ❋ Scott A. Hocknull Et Al. (2009)

The ulnae possess a lateral groove along the dorso-lateral surface of the diaphysis, which is lacking in NMVP 186076 and ❋ Scott A. Hocknull Et Al. (2009)

And here were bones: femurs, ulnae, sacra, ribs, scapulae; he was standing in "a veritable graveyard. ❋ Lustbader, Eric (1983)

However, this may be accentuated by plastic deformation of the distal end in UMNH VP 18040 that is similar to the distortion of this region observed in Portions of both ulnae, including the complete left ulna, are preserved ( ❋ Joseph J. W. Sertich Et Al. (2010)

AODF 604: Nine isolated teeth; left dentary; right and left dorsal ribs and rib fragments; right and left gastralial ribs and fragments; partial right ilium; both ulnae; right radius; manus metacarpals, phalanges and unguals; right femur; both tibiae; right fibula; right astragalus; metatarsals, phalanges and unguals ( ❋ Scott A. Hocknull Et Al. (2009)

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