ulnar nerve
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Anatomy) a nerve situated along the inner side of the arm and passing close to the surface of the skin near the elbow See funny bone
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| Noun | 1. |  ulnar nerve - a nerve running along the inner side of the arm and passing near the elbow; supplies intrinsic muscles of the hand and the skin of the medial side of the handarm - a human limb; technically the part of the superior limb between the shoulder and the elbow but commonly used to refer to the whole superior limb crazy bone, funny bone - a point on the elbow where the ulnar nerve passes near the surface; a sharp tingling sensation results when the nerve is knocked against the bone; "the funny bone is not humerus" |
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