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Noun: ulnar nerve
  1. 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 hand
    "Hitting your 'funny bone' is actually irritating your ulnar nerve";
    - cubital nerve, nervus ulnaris

Derived forms: ulnar nerves

Type of: nerve, nervus

Part of: arm

Encyclopedia: Ulnar nerve