Olecranon

Quick meaning: Olecranon is a noun meaning (anatomy) The bony process at the top of the ulna forming the point of the elbow.

Meaning

(anatomy) The bony process at the top of the ulna forming the point of the elbow.

Example Sentences

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

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.

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.

Word Forms

• olecranons
• olecrana

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