Ensabanur81
Ensabanur81 t1_jd5edi9 wrote
Reply to comment by birddit in TIL that the 'funny bone' is not actually a bone in the arm, but a nerve. The ulnar nerve is connected from shoulder to hand and is protected by bones and muscles. As it passes thru the elbow it is only protected by the cubital tunnel, making it the most prone area in the body to 'strike a nerve'. by deddPan
This settles it, they're just spiteful.
Ensabanur81 t1_jd50sxx wrote
Reply to TIL that the 'funny bone' is not actually a bone in the arm, but a nerve. The ulnar nerve is connected from shoulder to hand and is protected by bones and muscles. As it passes thru the elbow it is only protected by the cubital tunnel, making it the most prone area in the body to 'strike a nerve'. by deddPan
They can also become entrapped in the tunnel, causing that hit nerve feeling to never stop until it's fixed. If you type all day, stretch your arms/elbows! I had to have a special half-cast made in the ER to keep my arm stuck straight out for a week while I lived off prednisone and dilaudid until it settled down.
Ensabanur81 t1_j0bnebm wrote
Reply to comment by TriesHerm21st in TIL: Extra organs and body parts are more common than many people realise with extra nipples and teeth among the most common. by unswsydney
I have 4 kidneys that melded into two really misshapen kidneys. The littler one died, so it was surgically removed a few years back, and the bigger one does the work of two kidneys because it IS two kidneys. Kind of. Sometimes it works out!
Ensabanur81 t1_jd5f4vh wrote
Reply to comment by birddit in TIL that the 'funny bone' is not actually a bone in the arm, but a nerve. The ulnar nerve is connected from shoulder to hand and is protected by bones and muscles. As it passes thru the elbow it is only protected by the cubital tunnel, making it the most prone area in the body to 'strike a nerve'. by deddPan
Same, I'd be pretty annoyed if it betrayed me AND haunted me.