Ulna

• Patient is asked to say “one, one, one” or “Ninety-nine” and vibrations are felt by placing the palm or ulna surface of the hand on the chest.

What our notes say

• • Patient is asked to say “one, one, one” or “Ninety-nine” and vibrations are felt by placing the palm or ulna surface of the hand on the chest. (Examination of Respiratory system — Past Paper Questions & Answers)
• A commonly tagged forearm muscle here is flexor carpi ulnaris — origin: common flexor origin (medial epicondyle) and the olecranon/posterior ulna; insertion: pisiform, hamate, and base of the 5th metacarpal (Aponeurosis — Anatomy Question Bank)
• (b) Bony organisation (2): the trochlear notch of the ulna articulates with the trochlea of the humerus, and the head of the radius articulates with the capitulum. (MBChB/BDS EXAMINATION QUESTIONS AND MARKING SCHEME)
• Bony Articulation: Trochlear notch of ulna with humerus trochlea; radial head with humerus capitulum. (Anatomy and Embryology Examination Questions and Marking Scheme)

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