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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 handplay

  Familiarity information: NERVUS ULNARIS used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


NERVUS ULNARIS (noun)


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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