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Technically, it's a break in the larger of the two bones in your forearm. The bone breaks on the lower end, close to where it connects to the bones of the hand on the thumb side of the wrist.

Your elbow is the place where the bone of the upper arm meets the bones of the lower arm. Your upper arm ... from the elbow to the shoulder. Your forearm has two bones, the ulna and radius ...