ANATOMY

Detailed explanation-1: -It turns out that your funny bone isn’t a bone. It’s actually a nerve-one that starts in your spine and travels from your neck, through your elbow and to your fingers (your pinky and ring fingers, to be exact). It’s called the ulnar nerve.

Detailed explanation-2: -At its most vulnerable spot, the ulnar nerve passes through a channel called the cubital tunnel. It is there that protection is limited to only a thin coating of skin and minimal fat. Typically, when you hit the ulnar nerve, you give it 30 seconds, shake your arm around and that fleetingly pain goes away.

Detailed explanation-3: -If you’ve hit your funny bone, then you know the stinging, sharp pain it can cause. But, did you know your funny bone isn’t a bone at all? It’s actually a nerve called the ulnar nerve. When this nerve becomes inflamed or injured, it can cause cubital tunnel syndrome.

Detailed explanation-4: -Fluid buildup in the elbow can cause swelling that may compress the nerve. A direct blow to the inside of the elbow can cause pain, electric shock sensation, and numbness in the little and ring fingers. This is commonly called “hitting your funny bone."

Detailed explanation-5: -Cubital tunnel syndrome causes pain that feels a lot like the pain you feel when you hit the “funny bone” in your elbow. The “funny bone” in the elbow is actually the ulnar nerve, a nerve that crosses the elbow. The ulnar nerve begins in the side of your neck and ends in your fingers.