olecranon in English

noun
1
the bony prominence of the elbow, on the upper end of the ulna.
The olecranon is the bony landmark identified as the elbow in surface anatomy.

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1. Elbow bursitis occurs in the olecranon Bursa, a thin, fluid-filled sac that is located at the boney tip of the elbow (the olecranon)

2. Proximally, the ulna has a bony process , the olecranon process, a hook-like structure that fits into the olecranon fossa of the humerus.

3. I found fracturing on both olecranon processes of the ulnae.

4. The Olecranon process, lateral, and medial epicondyles should be palpated for tenderness.

5. Clinical Relevance The olecranon is a key osseous constraint of the elbow.

6. The elbow (olecranon) Bursa is a thin sac of fluid that lies between the boney tip of the elbow in the back of the arm (the olecranon) and the skin

7. The kerf marks are on the victim's right acromion, right greater tubercle, right olecranon.

8. Capped elbows form a characteristically mobile swelling over the point of the olecranon tuberosity

9. Traumatic fractures involving an ununited olecranon Apophysis in adults have been rarely documented in the literature

10. Anatomic reconstruction of proximal ulna and olecranon fractures allowing early mobilization and prevention of ulnohumeral arthritis.

11. Examples of superficial Bursae include the patella Bursa at the knee and the olecranon Bursa at the elbow.

12. Of them, 28 cases were treated through the bilateral approach through triceps brachii and 20 cases through olecranon osteotomy approach.

13. These tophi occur in 30% of those who are untreated for five years, often in the helix of the ear, over the olecranon processes, or on the Achilles tendons.

14. Richard Fariña and Ernesto Blanco of the Universidad de la República in Montevideo have analysed a fossil skeleton of M. americanum and discovered that its olecranon—the part of the elbow to which the triceps muscle attaches—was very short.