Landmark · Skeletal system
Body of ulna
Corpus ulnae
- System
- Skeletal system
- Regions
- Upper limb
- Side
- Left and right
- Landmark on
- Ulna
DescriptionUnreviewed
The body of the ulna at its upper part is prismatic in form, and curved so as to be convex behind and lateralward; its central part is straight; its lower part is rounded, smooth, and bent a little lateralward.
It tapers gradually from above downward, and has three borders and three surfaces.
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Names
- Latin
- Corpus ulnae
- English
- Body of ulna
- French
- Corps de l'ulna
- Spanish
- Cuerpo de la ulna
- Portuguese
- Corpo da ulna