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NERVUS ULNARIS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does nervus ulnaris mean?
• NERVUS ULNARIS (noun)
The noun NERVUS ULNARIS has 1 sense:
1. 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 hand
Familiarity information: NERVUS ULNARIS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
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 hand
Classified under:
Nouns denoting body parts
Synonyms:
cubital nerve; nervus ulnaris; ulnar nerve
Hypernyms ("nervus ulnaris" is a kind of...):
nerve; nervus (any bundle of nerve fibers running to various organs and tissues of the body)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "nervus ulnaris"):
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)
Holonyms ("nervus ulnaris" is a part of...):
arm (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)
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