How to Use ulna in a Sentence

ulna

noun
Definition of ulnanext
  • Swapping in the relief tendon involves the surgeon drilling holes in the ulna and humerus bones and threading them in a figure-8 pattern with the healthy tissue.
    — Robbie Gonzalez, WIRED, 12 Apr. 2018
  • It's been his job the past nine seasons and was for the first two weeks of this season before an errant fastball landed near his elbow April 11 and broke the ulna bone.
    — Jeff Wilson, star-telegram, 17 June 2018
  • Two days later, shortstop Elvis Andrus was hit by a fastball that broke his right ulna bone just below the elbow.
    — Jeff Wilson, star-telegram, 10 May 2018
  • Thomas, a senior, fractured his right ulna (forearm bone) when hit by a pitch during practice two weeks ago and has missed all five games for the Jaguars this season.
    — Creg Stephenson, AL.com, 21 Feb. 2018
  • The bones that made the difference seemed to be the bones of the hand and wrist (phalanges, metacarpals, and carpals), the lower arm (radius and ulna), ankles (tarsals), and parts of the leg (femur and fibula, but oddly not the tibia).
    — Kiona N. Smith, Ars Technica, 6 Apr. 2018
  • Those ligaments connect the humerus (the long bone in your upper arm between the elbow joint and shoulder) and the ulna (the long, thinner bone in your forearm on the opposite side of your thumb).
    — Gabriel Baumgaertner, SI.com, 4 July 2018
  • That prognosis is based on the belief this is an isolated ulna fracture in his forearm.
    — Profootballdoc, sandiegouniontribune.com, 25 Oct. 2017
  • Thomas suffered a fractured right ulna when he was hit by a pitch during preseason practice in February.
    — Creg Stephenson, AL.com, 13 Mar. 2018
  • Specific types of fractures may indicate abuse, such as midshaft fractures in the ulna, a forearm bone that can break when an older adult holds his arm in front of his face to protect himself.
    — Barbara Sadick, Kaiser Health News, 28 Aug. 2017
  • His season ended on September 7, however, when a pitch by the Cubs' Steve Trachsel fractured his right ulna.
    — Jay Jaffe, SI.com, 14 Dec. 2017

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