Crossword clues for olecranon
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Olecranon \O*lec"ra*non\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ?; ? elbow + krani`on the head.] (Anat.) The large process at the proximal end of the ulna which projects behind the articulation with the humerus and forms the bony prominence of the elbow.
Wiktionary
n. (context anatomy English) The bony process at the top of the ulna forming the point of the elbow.
WordNet
n. process of the ulna that forms the outer bump of the elbow and fits into the fossa of the humerus when the arm is extended [syn: olecranon process]
Wikipedia
The olecranon from the Greek olene meaning elbow and kranon meaning head. is a large, thick, curved bony eminence of the forearm that projects behind the elbow. It is opposite to the cubital fossa.
Usage examples of "olecranon".
And would you find broken metacarpals, dislocated shoulder, and fracture of the olecranon process easier to explain if Mr.
I thought he had torn a tendon, which was now caught between the olecranon process and the head of the ulna, the injury being thus aggravated by movement of the arm.
The injuries were listed more specifically on the emergency room report, and Adam had to reach back into his own college physiology class to remember what all the words meant--open fracture of the left clavicle, fracture of the right olecranon process, anterior dislocation of right shoulder, fracture of ribs eight through ten left side, lacerated liver and spleen, ruptured bladder, crushed metacarpals on right hand, broken nose, laceration of scalp, face, and neck, crushed right ankle.
Similar patches were seen on the right hand, and again on the back of the right hand was a wide space, prolonged upward in the form of a broad band on the posterior surface of the forearm to just below the olecranon, where the skin was a little smoother and thinner than the surrounding skin, and altogether bare of hairs.