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The elbow is a joint, not a bone. The elbow is formed when the humerus' trochlea (a sort of "bar" at the end of it) is attached to the trochlear (or semilunar) notch of the ulna. The olecranon on the ulna forms the hard armour-like plate on the elbow joint.

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