(n.) The postaxial bone of the forearm, or branchium, corresponding to the fibula of the hind limb. See Radius.
(n.) An ell; also, a yard.
Example Sentences:
(1) The growth in the revascularized bone grafts has been compared to that in heterotopic, nonvascularized ulna transfers and to normal ulnar growth.
(2) Entrapment of the ring finger flexor digitorum in the ulna following fracture of both forearm bones is very rare.
(3) The length of ulna resected was not related to the outcome of the operation.
(4) The brace extended from the proximal radius and ulna to the level of the radial styloid and allowed a full range of movement at the radiocarpal joint.
(5) A report is given on a small-for-date male infant showing the following symptoms: bilateral aplasia of humerus, radius, and ulna, shortened femora, bilateral cleft lip and cleft palate, stigmata of dysmorphism, and notably; simple helix formation of the ear, simian crease, clinodactylia, bilateral clubfoot deformity, hypospadia, thrombocytopenia, micrognathia, and contractures in the knee joints.
(6) The proximal radius grew 3.5 cm, and the ulna grew 3.4 cm.
(7) Following 8 weeks of loading, areal properties and histomorphometry were performed on both the experimental and intact control ulnae.
(8) A case report of anterior traumatic dislocation of the radial head in a 5-year-old boy without evident injury of the ulna is presented.
(9) The anatomical relations of the semilunar notch of the ulna were studied in radiographs, taken in a strict lateral view, from 100 patients with elbow dislocations.
(10) The allometric relations of diameter and length of humerus, ulna, femur, and tibia of 108 specimens, from 63 different breeds of dogs and 12 specimens of wolves, were calculated by means of model II of regression or major axis method.
(11) Isolated bowing of the ulna is rare, yet its occurrence, particularly in conjunction with congenital dislocation of the radial head, has been documented.
(12) A proposed routine examination method of the wrist and forearm includes a true antero-posterior and a lateral projection of the radius and the ulna, performed with the forearm and wrist in a neutral rotation, a neutral wrist deviation and with the elbow angled 90 degrees.
(13) Most of the caudal articular surfaces of the humeral condyles, the caudal perimeter of the radius, and the trochlear notch and portions of the anconeal process of the ulna could be identified.
(15) Bone mineral content (BMC) and width (W) were measured bilaterally on the radius, ulna, and humerus.
(16) The cortical defect in the ulna of 1 limb was filled with 1 g of ACBG that had been compressed with 2-MPa pressure for 30 seconds.
(17) Removal of the articular disc portion of the triangular fibrocartilage complex decreased the load on the intact ulna from 18.4% to 6.2%.
(18) In patients who were inadequately treated initially, the distal end of the ulna should be excised at the time of the operation on the radius, but a poor result is the inevitable outcome.
(19) Failure to release this structure from the proximal ulna caused kinking and tethering of the nerve when transposition was attempted.
(20) Using the externally loadable, functionally isolated turkey ulna preparation, the ulnae of 1-year-old (n = 5), and 3-year-old (n = 3) turkeys were subjected to 300 cycles per day of a load regimen generating a high but physiologic level of normal strain (3,000 microstrain).
Ulnar
Definition:
(a.) Of or pertaining to the ulna, or the elbow; as, the ulnar nerve.
Example Sentences:
(1) Standard nerve conduction techniques using constant measured distances were applied to evaluate the median, ulnar and radial nerves.
(2) The anesthesiologist assessed the degree of neuromuscular blockade intraoperatively prior to pharmacologic reversal either by the standard method of visually counting the number of evoked thumb twitches elicited by supramaximal train-of-four stimulation of the ulnar nerve (i.e., thumb train-of-four count), or by an alternative method such as 1) visually counting the number of evoked orbicularis oculi muscle twitches elicited by supramaximal train-of-four stimulation of the facial nerve, or 2) observing the patient for clinical evidence of partial recovery (e.g., swallowing or attempts to breathe).
(3) The growth in the revascularized bone grafts has been compared to that in heterotopic, nonvascularized ulna transfers and to normal ulnar growth.
(4) One patient with the disease localised to the eyelid had normal EMG responses when monitored on the hand with ulnar nerve stimulation.
(5) The technique includes the soft tissue correction of the ulnar deviation.
(6) The mean values of radial and ulnar components for each pair of homologous fingers separately are also compared.
(7) We undertook this study to determine the incidence, time of onset, and outcome of clinical and subclinical ulnar neuropathies.
(8) We also observed one case of ulnar nerve compression.
(9) In the 18 asymptomatic diamond assorters, electrophysiological studies revealed an ulnar neuropathy in two (again in the hand used for holding the eye-glass).
(10) Motor nerve conduction study along the entire length of the ulnar and tibialis posterior nerves was carried out in 30 diabetics compared with 30 uremic patients and 30 control subjects.
(11) Findings at surgery included chondromalacia of the ulnar head (19), tears of the triangular fibrocartilage complex (11), and excessive mobility of the ulnar head (10).
(12) There were no radial or ulnar nerve injuries, nonunions, infections, or hypertrophic scars.
(13) The thoracic extremity skeleton lesions are revealed as an ulnar type of distal ectromelia, or axial ectromelia.
(14) The more serious sequelae must be ascribed either to rotary deformity or to ulnar angulation at the fracture-site.
(15) The infant, who was utterly small for his gestational age, showed an aberrant motoric pattern and a high forehead, low-set ears, a prominent occiput and scoliosis, an extension defect in the knee joints and flexed, ulnar-deviated wrists.
(16) Motor nerve condition velocity of both the nerves and amplitude of sensory response of ulnar nerve were significantly decreased in even moderate protein calorie malnourished (PCM) group of monkeys.
(17) Between January 1980 and March 1988 twenty-two patients with compression neuropathies of the ulnar nerve in the Guyon's canal were treated.
(18) Healing time for the ulnar fractures ranged from eight to 20 weeks, with an average of ten weeks.
(19) Subluxation and luxation of the ulnar nerve are normally congenital and can result in not only an irritation of the nerve but also sensory loss and motor weakness.
(20) There was no significant difference in ulnar variance between Japanese with normal wrists and those affected by Kienböck's disease, when the effects of sex and age were taken into account.