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n. - The inner and longer of the two bones of the human forearm.

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  • (The ulna is the bone that reaches the wrist on the pinkie side.)
  • The medial and lateral heads originate on the upper-arm bone and attach on the ulna, which is one of the forearm bones.
  • For four or five days I thought over the history of his injury and the resulting inability to rotate the radius around the ulna -- in other words, to turn his hand over.
  • "The fracture of the ulna is a simple one," said the spokesman, "and will become all right in the ordinary course of nature.
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