ulnar nerve
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- noun
- /ˈʌlnər nɜrv/
- Specialized
:
nervio ulnar
- The doctor explained that the ulnar nerve runs along the arm and supplies feeling to the hand.
- ulnar nerve palsy
- median/ulnar nerve
Examples
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Three months after injury, i.e., one month after being seen in our department, the patient was admitted for neurolysis of the ulnar nerve and corrective osteotomy of the radius under general anaesthesia.
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Therefore, if a brachial plexus injury is suspected, special attention should be devoted to radial nerve and ulnar nerve deficits because they account for nearly 75% of main branch lesions.
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Recovery of the ulnar nerve function was evident one week after the operation.
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Cubital tunnel syndrome presents with similar symptoms within the distribution of the ulnar nerve (6).
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We report a case of ulnar nerve palsy following a forearm fracture in a 14-year-old boy.
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Ulnar nerve injury rarely complicates closed fracture of the shaft of the forearm, and only 7 cases, excluding the current one, have been reported in the literature so far.
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We report a case in which the fracture of the shaft of the forearm was complicated by progressive ulnar nerve palsy during the period of non-operative treatment.
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On dissection, the ulnar nerve was found to be embedded in the fracture site of the ulna that lacked callus formation on preoperative plain radiographs.
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After his injury, he experienced numbness in his fingers due to damage to the ulnar nerve.
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Symptoms of ulnar nerve entrapment include tingling and weakness in the hand's grip.
Synonyms
A nerve at the inner arm near the elbow that controls movement and feeling in the ring and little fingers
A nerve near the elbow that gives feeling and movement to the side of the hand with the little finger
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase is transparently compositional: 'ulnar' means 'pertaining to the ulna (forearm bone)' and 'nerve' means a bundle of nerve fibers, so 'ulnar nerve' straightforwardly denotes the nerve associated with the ulna/inner side of the arm. This adjective+noun anatomical pattern is common cross-linguistically and follows regular English formation, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents should be able to infer the meaning.
Etymology
Ulnar nerve comes from the name of the ulna, the inner forearm bone, plus nerve. It runs next to that bone at the elbow and gives feeling and some movement to the ring and little fingers, so a knock there causes a strange tingle called the 'funny bone', which helps you remember where the nerve is and what it does.