Tuberosity of the ulna

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Bone: Tuberosity of the ulna

Bones of left forearm. Anterior aspect.
Latin	tuberositas ulnae
Gray's	subject #52 214
Dorlands / Elsevier	t_21/12829279

At the junction of the antero-inferior surface of the coronoid process with the front of the body is a rough eminence, the tuberosity of the ulna (or ulnar tuberosity), which gives insertion to a part of the Brachialis; to the lateral border of this tuberosity the oblique cord is attached.

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