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    ULNAR NERVE

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (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 handplay

    Synonyms:

    cubital nerve; nervus ulnaris; ulnar nerve

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting body parts

    Hypernyms ("ulnar nerve" 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 "ulnar nerve"):

    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 ("ulnar nerve" 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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