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Six example sentences with radial, each labelled with its topic.
Nurses take a radial pulse at the wrist because the vessel runs close under the skin there.
Medicine
A hard fall onto the palm can bruise the radial side of the forearm and ache for weeks.
Fitness
Anatomy students trace the radial nerve down the arm until it disappears beneath the muscle at the elbow.
Science
The forward suffered a radial fracture near the wrist when he landed on an outstretched hand.
Basketball
Hours of practice can pinch a violinist's radial nerve near the elbow, leaving the bowing hand numb.
Music
Fitness watches read the radial pulse through the skin of the wrist, flashing light into the vessel and timing each beat.
Technology
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