ulnar nerve

noun

a nerve that runs near the ulna, one of the two long bones in the forearm.

Similar
cubital nervenervus ulnaris
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Meanings

nounulnar nerve (plural ulnar nerves)

plural ulnar nerves

  1. a nerve that runs near the ulna, one of the two long bones in the forearm.

    Static, like electric prickles down her arms. The ulnar nerves through the elbow to her smallest fingers.

    2019, Arkady Martine, A Memory Called Empire, Tor, page 204

Synonyms & antonyms

nouna 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

Similar
cubital nervenervus ulnaris
Broader
nervenervus

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

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APA

ulnar nerve. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ulnar%20nerve

MLA

“ulnar nerve.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ulnar%20nerve. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ulnar nerve,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ulnar%20nerve.

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