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Funny bone   /fˈəni boʊn/   Listen
Funny bone

noun
1.
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.  Synonym: crazy bone.





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"Funny bone" Quotes from Famous Books



... the limbs has a single, long, rounded bone in the upper part, known in the arm as the humerus, and two bones in the lower part. These last are known as the radius and ulna (the "funny bone") in the forearm, and the tibia and fibula in the leg. The shoulder-joint is made by the rounded head of the humerus fitting into the shallow cup of the scapula, or shoulder-blade. It is shallower than the hip joint to ...
— A Handbook of Health • Woods Hutchinson


Words linked to "Funny bone" :   human elbow, ulnar nerve, cubital nerve, elbow joint, articulatio cubiti, cubital joint, cubitus, elbow, nervus ulnaris


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