What is a funny bone ?

Answer 1

Have you ever hit the inside of your elbow in just the right spot and felt a tingling or prickly kind of dull pain? That's your funny bone! It doesn't really hurt as much as it feels weird. The "funny bone" got its nickname because of that funny feeling you get after you hit it.

But your funny bone isn't actually a bone at all. Running down the inside part of your elbow is a nerve called the ulnar nerve. The ulnar nerve controls feeling in your fourth and fifth fingers. It's also one of the nerves that controls the movement of your wrist.

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. But it sure feels strange!

People sometimes mention the funny bone when they talk about their sense of humor. Maybe you've heard someone say "that really tickled my funny bone." We'll leave you with a joke and hope that it tickles yours:

What's a bone in your body that you can never break? Your funny bone!

:-) I hope that answers your question !
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Take Care and God Bless You !

Answer 2

Your funny bone isn't actually a bone at all. Running down the inside part of your elbow is a nerve called the ulnar nerve. The ulnar nerve controls feeling in your fourth and fifth fingers. It's also one of the nerves that controls the movement of your wrist.

You get that funny feeling when the ulnar nerve is bumped against the humerus, 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. But it sure feels strange!

Answer 3

A point on the elbow where the ulnar nerve runs close to the surface and produces a sharp tingling sensation if knocked against the bone.

Answer 4

It is actually the ulnar nerve, which gets bumped and causes the funny feeling. It passes under the medial epicondyle of the humerus (which is named the funny bone)

Answer 5

It's a bone that people mistake for a comedian.

It's a bone that laughs because it thinks everything is funny!!!

Answer 6

It's not a bone, it's the ulnar nerve and when you hit it, it sucks.

Answer 7

Its is the bone in your elbow, the tip of your elbow--when someone/thing hits it--it feels funny (and it hurts but the idea is that weird sensation that you get in your arm)

Answer 8

its a bone a dick hits when having sex!

Answer 9

When you start laughing after an orgasm