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Does everyone have a funny bone? Why is it called the funny bone? Is the funny bone really a bone? Tags: See All Tags bone , brain , elbow , feeling , finger , funny , Human Body , humerus , humor , humorous , joke , language , laugh , muscle , nerve , pinky , ring , sensation , tickle , ulnar , weird. Wonder What's Next? Be sure to check out the following activities with a friend or family member: Ready to learn more about the real bones in your body? When you're fully grown, you'll have a whopping bones in your body.
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Try this fun experiment and find out! Did you get it? Test your knowledge. Wonder Words funny bone joke laugh brain ring nerve tickle elbow muscle weird fatty humerus humorous tingling sensation ulnar tissue Take the Wonder Word Challenge. Join the Discussion. Cool Jan 17, Kid Jan 17, Why is a funny bone have bone in it when it is a nerve. Jan 21, Jan 17, We're so glad you liked the Wonder! Keep stopping by. Angela Oct 25, I learned that your funny bone is a nerve.
I am woundering if a nerve is a um Nov 11, Debra Jefferson Jun 17, Of all the bones in my body I have managed to break the end of my humerus just under the ulnar nerve. I can guarantee there is nothing funny about your funny bone when you break it lol. Jun 17, Thanks for sharing your experience, Debra! Miss D's class Feb 27, We liked the article, and were excited to try some of the "Try It Out" links, but only 1 out of the 4 worked!
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Brenden Dec 17, Wonderopolis, how do you know that the funny bone is in your elbow. Dec 17, Brenden Nov 8, How do you know your funny bone is located in your elbow. Shouldn't the "funny bone" be called the "funny nerve"? May 9, May 14, Can you do a wonder about coding video games like Minecraft and Roblox?
Why does your "funny bone" hurt when you hit it? It's also one of the nerves that controls some movement of your hand. You get that funny feeling when the ulnar nerve is bumped against the humerus say: HYOO-muh-rus , the long bone that starts at your elbow and goes up to your shoulder.
Tapping your funny bone doesn't do any damage to your elbow, arm, or ulnar nerve. Vanessa Hrvatin, Dec 16 Getty Images. But what exactly is causing this strange and unwelcomed feeling? What is your funny bone? This nerve is responsible for giving sensation to your forearm as well as your fourth and fifth fingers and helps stimulate movement in your hand and wrist. Why does it hurt when you hit it? At this specific point, the nerve is not protected by any muscle.
The sensation you feel when you hit this precise spot is actually the nerve being pinched and compressed. Hitting your funny bone happens when your elbow is bent rather than extended because the former opens up this small and sensitive area. Because the nerve is also responsible for some hand and wrist movements, it can take a few minutes to get these movements back after whacking your funny bone. And while hitting your funny bone is something you can usually laugh about once the pain subsides, in some instances the pain and discomfort is ongoing.
Why is it called the funny bone? Share this Article. Related Content. Climate News Nov. Along its journey from your spine to your fingers, your ulnar nerve is pretty well protected by muscle, fat and bone. But there's one spot at your elbow where this nerve is unusually exposed, and that spot is called your funny bone.
At this point in your arm, your ulnar nerve passes through your cubital tunnel, which runs underneath the little bony bump called the medial epicondyle on the inside of the back of your elbow. Feel around, you can probably find it. It's at this spot that your ulnar nerve is particularly vulnerable, especially when your elbow is and bent and the nerve is protected by only a small layer of skin.
Now that you know your funny bone isn't actually a bone — it's a vulnerable portion of a major nerve running through your arm — it's probably a little easier to understand why hitting it in a certain way causes pain. When you hit your funny bone at just the right angle, you're essentially squashing it into your medial epicondyle bone. All sensations of pain are mediated by nerves, but there's a difference between the perception of pain nociceptive pain and actual nerve pain.
When you stub your toe, slam your finger in a door or smack your head, irritation and damage to your tissue triggers the surrounding nerves to coordinate nociceptive pain.
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