olecranon

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Etymology

From an Ancient Greek compound of ὠλένη (ōlénē, “elbow”) and κρανίον (kraníon, “head”).

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olecranon (plural olecranons or olecrana)

  1. (anatomy) The bony process at the top of the ulna forming the point of the elbow.
    • 1883, Lewis A. Stimson, A Treatise on Fractures, Volume 1, Henry C. Lea's Son & Co., page 423:
      Mr. Fletcher, of Liverpool, reported a case of bony union of both olecranons, verified by examination after death. The patient, a boy 16 years old, was admitted to the hospital May 19, 1850, having fractured both olecranons a short time before by falling over some timber.
    • 1993, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, Volume 13, University of Oklahoma, page 232:
      Suspensory animals have extremely small olecrana, because of a minimal need for forearm extension, which is achieved by gravity.
    • 2009, Julie E. Adams, Scott P. Steinmann, “Chapter 25: Fractures of the Olecranon”, in Bernard F. Morrey, Joaquin Sanchez-Sotelo, editors, The Elbow and Its Disorders, Saunders Elsevier, page 389:
      The subcutaneous location of the olecranon makes it vulnerable to trauma.7 Isolated fractures of the olecranon comprise approximately 10% of fractures about the elbow,26,38 with an estimated incidence of 1.08 per 10,000 person-years.

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