olecranon

plural olecranons · plural olecrana

1. anatomyThe bony process at the top of the ulna forming the point of the elbow.

   Suspensory animals have extremely small olecrana, because of a minimal need for forearm extension, which is achieved by gravity.

   1993, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, Volume 13, University of Oklahoma, page 232

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   Mr. Fletcher, of Liverpool, reported a case of bony union of both olecranons, verified by examination after death. The patient, a boy 16 years old, was admitted to the hospital May 19, 1850, having fractured both olecranons a short time before by falling over some timber.

   1883, Lewis A. Stimson, A Treatise on Fractures, Volume 1, Henry C. Lea's Son & Co., page 423

   The subcutaneous location of the olecranon makes it vulnerable to trauma.⁷ Isolated fractures of the olecranon comprise approximately 10% of fractures about the elbow,^(26,38) with an estimated incidence of 1.08 per 10,000 person-years.

   2009, Julie E. Adams, Scott P. Steinmann, “Chapter 25: Fractures of the Olecranon”, in Bernard F. Morrey, Joaquin Sanchez-Sotelo, editors, The Elbow and Its Disorders, Saunders Elsevier, page 389

   Synonyms: elbow bone