Radial bone movement around the ulna
Is it named “radial” because it is a curved bone (relatively straighter compared to the ulna)? Or is it an elegant term meaning “bone that revolves”?
“Shuowen Jiezi Annotation”: A bent wood. Extended to mean anything bent. Seen in Zhou Yi, Kao Gong Ji, Yue Ling, Zuo Zhuan. Ancient texts have no source for the character 手撓. Later people created 肊 to distinguish from 橈. Not so. It is derived from 木 (wood), with the sound of 堯 (Yao). Pronounced Nü Jiao. Two components.