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ulnar, a. and n. Anat.|ˈʌlnə(r)|
[f. uln-a + -ar. So F. ulnaire, Pg. ulnar, Sp. ulnario.]
1. Pertaining to the ulna, in various senses:
a. In ulnar artery, ulnar nerve, ulnar vein, etc.
1741Monro Anat. Nerves (ed. 3) 70 The ulnar Nerve is in the Palm of the Hand. 1800Phil. Trans. XC. 103 The median proceeding along the arm, with the large blood-vessels, and giving off two branches of communication with the ulnar nerve. 1813J. Thomson Lect. Inflam. 267 As the brachial [artery] is sometimes observed to be divided..into radial and ulnar arteries. 1840E. Wilson Anat. Vade Mecum vi. 318 The posterior ulnar vein. 1870Rolleston Anim. Life 9 The ulnar sesamoid bone, or ‘os pisiforme’, is not reckoned as a carpal bone. 1885Buck's Handbk. Med. Sci. I. 313/2 The ulnar nerve is placed to the inner side of the artery in the wrist.
b. With other ns.
1803[see ulnad adv.]. 1808Barclay Muscular Motions p. xx, An aspect..towards the side on which the ulna is situated [is] ulnar. 1846F. Brittan tr. Malgaigne's Man. Oper. Surg. 6 During the operation the ulnar border of the left hand should be pressed on the skin behind the right. 1854Owen in Orr's Circ. Sci., Org. Nat. I. 190 The ulnar portion of the bone developes a short..olecranon. 1872Humphry Myology 185 Towards the ulnar side of the hand these tendons are usually absent.
2. absol. as n. The ulnar nerve.
1899Allbutt's Syst. Med. VIII. 9 The physician then examines the nerve-trunks of both limbs simultaneously by means of gentle pressure on the ulnars behind the olecranons. |