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Why does hitting your funny bone feel so horrible? - Cella Wright

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  • Опубликовано: 6 сен 2024
  • Explore the complex anatomy of the elbow, and find out why hitting your funny bone causes such an odd and painful sensation.
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    It's something we've all experienced: the back of your elbow smacks against a hard surface and the impact sends a sensation so distinctly disquieting shooting down your arm that it takes several moments to regain composure. So, why does hitting this spot on your elbow- commonly known as the funny bone- feel so weird? Cella Wright explains one of the most complicated joints in the body.
    Lesson by Cella Wright, directed by Anton Bogaty.
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Комментарии • 454

  • @diguifi0fficial
    @diguifi0fficial Месяц назад +1215

    its even hard to breathe watching this, everything hurts just by imagining an unprotected nerve channel getting a direct hit

    • @kdpak
      @kdpak Месяц назад +26

      Same. I was only listening to the video after a point. And the way I immediately straightened my arms after 3:19 😰

    • @samueladitya1729
      @samueladitya1729 Месяц назад +10

      I got dizzy watching this

    • @swagatakar5784
      @swagatakar5784 Месяц назад +1

      exactly

    • @TamWam_
      @TamWam_ 23 дня назад +1

      tbh i stopped seeing it as a person and saw it as a drawing so i didn't feel the pain lol. tho the first elbow hit did hurt me

  • @mlgcactus1035
    @mlgcactus1035 Месяц назад +2325

    They better pay that man well for all those injuries

    • @gregraj
      @gregraj Месяц назад +17

      😂😂😂

    • @samarthjain5015
      @samarthjain5015 Месяц назад +29

      Instead they paid the cat.

    • @edwarda.7864
      @edwarda.7864 Месяц назад +31

      They probably threatened him like, "Slam your elbow on that table again, or we'll stop animating you right here and now. You'll never be able to move again."

    • @ronmontoya3673
      @ronmontoya3673 Месяц назад

      Bayari nang nawng nimo na murag aswang

    • @jonaszima4503
      @jonaszima4503 Месяц назад

      Its animation you silly

  • @darkshiftyzero
    @darkshiftyzero Месяц назад +794

    2 minutes in this video, and everything in my arms is aching 😢.

    • @SuperSonic3557
      @SuperSonic3557 Месяц назад +9

      Same 😭😭

    • @ItsMe-sx9ck
      @ItsMe-sx9ck Месяц назад +4

      Same😊

    • @ashilsalim409
      @ashilsalim409 Месяц назад +2

      Did u try to find it? 😹

    • @Akemi.24-45
      @Akemi.24-45 Месяц назад +12

      I felt the pain every single time he hit something. But I thought it was just because I have cubital tunnel syndrome.

    • @Echo81Rumple83
      @Echo81Rumple83 Месяц назад +1

      I've had them even before watching this, but it's def not helping rn 😖

  • @awesomehpt8938
    @awesomehpt8938 Месяц назад +1349

    It is defintely not humerus to hit your funny bone

    • @Readund
      @Readund Месяц назад +6

      Up

    • @gregraj
      @gregraj Месяц назад +40

      Very punny! 😂

    • @rahul.sriwas
      @rahul.sriwas Месяц назад

      Bro I am a fcking dru_g dealer and I have 3.5kg in stock and I am very serious. You can reply this comment if you want to make contact or meet me near the blue car

    • @imthecoolestguyalive
      @imthecoolestguyalive Месяц назад +27

      Armed with some puns, I see? Gotta hand it to you, this one was pretty funny.

    • @elvirak8846
      @elvirak8846 Месяц назад +1

      Well at least it has a name relation! But the only one laughing to that joke are the scientists who named the nerve (and bone).

  • @iSharShar
    @iSharShar Месяц назад +415

    This video explained the tingling sensation in my 4th and 5th fingers when I sleep with a bent arm better than my PCP and the neurologist I had to see.

    • @honor9lite1337
      @honor9lite1337 Месяц назад +1

      Wgat😮

    • @Kimoto504
      @Kimoto504 Месяц назад +2

      Happens. Re-read your comment aloud. You're notice there's a rhyme but no need to feel proud.

    • @baileyellison642
      @baileyellison642 21 день назад

      Same, only it’s when I lean on my elbow for a min or two and I am just starting to get concerned enough to bring it up to my pcp

    • @jazzingpanda3190
      @jazzingpanda3190 8 дней назад

      Wait you take PCP when seeing your neurologist?
      Damn

    • @baileyellison642
      @baileyellison642 8 дней назад

      @@jazzingpanda3190 not sure if u r being sarcastic or not so I wanted to let u know that pcp means personal care physician

  • @enmingzhang9518
    @enmingzhang9518 Месяц назад +125

    Writers: How uncomfortable do you want your viewers to be?
    Ted Ed: *Yes.*

  • @ceciliareid477
    @ceciliareid477 28 дней назад +61

    Fainting after bashing my funny bone on a door handle was one of the weirdest experiences I've had. I woke up on the floor with a bump on my head and completely forgot what had happened for a while. It was such a shock!

  • @PB1997.
    @PB1997. 19 дней назад +13

    this is the kind of topic you always wanted to know but never put enough efforts to search on internet but one day it pops up in your recommendations and you click it.

  • @michaeligwe6406
    @michaeligwe6406 Месяц назад +34

    Not me straightening my elbows as I watch this video😂

  • @JayVariety
    @JayVariety Месяц назад +39

    I love how the visuals illustrate how it feels

  • @Sunflowersarepretty
    @Sunflowersarepretty Месяц назад +111

    I felt the pain in my elbow after this video 😭

    • @victor9
      @victor9 Месяц назад +2

      Lol me too!

    • @aarone9000
      @aarone9000 Месяц назад +1

      Post traumatic funny- bone syndrome?! 😊

    • @prfm_setya95
      @prfm_setya95 Месяц назад +2

      HAHAHA 😂😭

  • @255ad
    @255ad Месяц назад +406

    did any one else cringe every time they show the elbow bang even though its just animation?

  • @chrisnorman1902
    @chrisnorman1902 Месяц назад +85

    It's a popular myth that ulnar nerve entrapment can be prevented by asking the ulnar nerve whether it is an ulnar nerve

    • @slaterstimson
      @slaterstimson Месяц назад +7

      “You have to tell me if you’re an ulnar nerve, right?”

    • @blackpurple9163
      @blackpurple9163 28 дней назад +1

      What??

    • @V_4_Versace
      @V_4_Versace 4 дня назад

      @@blackpurple9163it’s a police entrapment joke lol

  • @livemajlisbyagha3555
    @livemajlisbyagha3555 Месяц назад +134

    1:36 cat be like : WTH is this man doing 😂😂..

  • @IScottTheScotch
    @IScottTheScotch Месяц назад +78

    I love this animation, and I‘m glad TedEd often uses them.

    • @ericstelzman5190
      @ericstelzman5190 Месяц назад +3

      Have you seen the Polkamania! music video? The same animation was used for the "Hello" segment.

    • @Echo81Rumple83
      @Echo81Rumple83 Месяц назад +10

      Whoever this animator is, they've been with TedED for as long as I can remember. It's like seeing an old friend whenever I see this familiar style.
      Still wish TedED would make more Demon of Reason series. We need a lot of them and force the grifting politicians to watch them.

  • @SkSafowan
    @SkSafowan Месяц назад +35

    Why this video was so hard to watch ?
    Every time I was feeling that it was me getting that hit

    • @ShahabazBagwan
      @ShahabazBagwan Месяц назад +2

      glad to see that I was not the only one.

  • @prfm_setya95
    @prfm_setya95 Месяц назад +16

    Bro, this is should be rated 15+

  • @thatomogale9803
    @thatomogale9803 Месяц назад +30

    When this happens to me, it tends to be the most exciting thing in an otherwise uneventful day 😅.

  • @zakyzigzag
    @zakyzigzag Месяц назад +51

    I just hit mine so hard a few weeks ago and my forearms felt numb for some solid minutes, and it even still feels weird today😂

    • @Echo81Rumple83
      @Echo81Rumple83 Месяц назад +14

      You should prolly have that checked.

    • @honor9lite1337
      @honor9lite1337 Месяц назад +1

      Agreed, probably ebola ​@@Echo81Rumple83

    • @melissal.5199
      @melissal.5199 Месяц назад +3

      Yeah indeed, just to be sure!

  • @ythe8344
    @ythe8344 Месяц назад +9

    2:13 he sacrificed THE ROOOOOK

    • @ScurvyBoi
      @ScurvyBoi 4 дня назад +1

      I understood that reference

  • @j.b.8852
    @j.b.8852 Месяц назад +9

    It felt seriously unpleasant just to watch this. One could say it hit the spot ..

  • @user-jo2wc1xs7p
    @user-jo2wc1xs7p Месяц назад +5

    There is another point in our knees, which gives a similar excruciating feeling 🥴 hope you can have an episode on that in near future 😖 thanks a lot

  • @zenefu-waitt8228
    @zenefu-waitt8228 Месяц назад +3

    It was painful to watch him get hit on his funny bone countless times😭

  • @ruvintheekshana7121
    @ruvintheekshana7121 Месяц назад +11

    FINALLLYYYYYY, THE ANSWER WE NEEDED

  • @CoolJosh3k
    @CoolJosh3k Месяц назад +4

    A spider bite combined with an accidental bump later led to a real issue for me a while back.
    No “pins and needles”, but complete numbness in my pinky and ring fingers.
    Thankfully with treatment I was cured, but it did take a while to fix.

  • @marianikolopoulou5017
    @marianikolopoulou5017 Месяц назад +2

    I kept feeling the pain during the whole video 😂

  • @THEEXCEPTIONofficial01
    @THEEXCEPTIONofficial01 Месяц назад +5

    Funny bone:❌
    Traumatizing bone:✔

  • @twistedrealitys742
    @twistedrealitys742 Месяц назад +6

    When I was 11, I broke my arm right at the elbow. I lost the feeling and movement in two fingers for years.

  • @yuldouz
    @yuldouz Месяц назад +2

    Loved this format, and it's packed with information, not too long but still quite technical. Also loved the cat ❤

  • @deleted-something
    @deleted-something Месяц назад +1

    I always felt like I got electric powers from it lmao

  • @lucianoosorio5942
    @lucianoosorio5942 Месяц назад +16

    “Now I just realized my life is a tragedy, now it’s a flipping comedy.” Joker

  • @tommyigoe3952
    @tommyigoe3952 Месяц назад +3

    Thank you @Ted-Ed

  • @misskingii
    @misskingii Месяц назад +6

    I need more educational animations like this!

  • @PokizaNuritdinova
    @PokizaNuritdinova Месяц назад +3

    Thank you for the insightful content. I’ve gained a lot of valuable information, and I’m truly satisfied with the depth and clarity of the material. It’s been extremely helpful and informative 👍🏻☺

  • @QuiranPup
    @QuiranPup 7 дней назад

    The animation of the feeling is exactly how this feels.
    It couldn't have been drawn in a more clear way

  • @MrsJudithWright
    @MrsJudithWright Месяц назад +1

    Great topic, great animation, great script. Never thought I would find nerve signals so interesting.

  • @GhettoHuerta
    @GhettoHuerta Месяц назад +2

    Please do a video about carpal tunnel if possible!

  • @jeannietimberger2556
    @jeannietimberger2556 14 дней назад

    I hit my right elbow really hard a few years back and it still hurts. As we speak my right rotator cuff has been screwed back together and I'm in a sling. Both of my elbows ache constantly. Thank you for this info it gives me way better insight of what's going on!! Ooof

  • @blackie12333
    @blackie12333 Месяц назад +2

    It happened to me several times that I hit my elbow and lost consciousness in the next seconds... I'm relieved to know it can happen and it wasn't only me 😂😅

  • @user-jf6du5ym1x
    @user-jf6du5ym1x Месяц назад +2

    Me at six years old realising if you hit your funny bone you won't laugh
    *Why must you hurt me that way?* 😢

  • @KaleidoSTARPH
    @KaleidoSTARPH Месяц назад +3

    ngl, I felt that discomfort on spiritual level 💀

  • @MyysticYT
    @MyysticYT 19 дней назад +1

    Never experienced that

  • @markscott554
    @markscott554 26 дней назад +1

    Seeing the cat made me wonder, nae, presume, that other mammals in general can feel the same discomfort. Imagine an elephant hitting its funny bone.

  • @AnonymousCaveman
    @AnonymousCaveman Месяц назад +2

    God I felt pain just watching this

  • @judethemave
    @judethemave Месяц назад +2

    “Ulnar nerve entrapment...”
    Me: *straightens my arm
    😂

  • @J1P2K
    @J1P2K Месяц назад +3

    It hurts just to watch.

  • @toriistorii6939
    @toriistorii6939 Месяц назад +1

    I think I got my ulnar nerve entrapped for a bit. It felt similar to carpal tunnel syndrome, and my ring finger and pinky were numb for 2-3 weeks until the inflammation went down. Don't lean on your elbows too much lol

  • @LiberTeaBag
    @LiberTeaBag Месяц назад +2

    Hate it when that happen

  • @A2Moonclaw
    @A2Moonclaw 10 дней назад

    I realized that it's not just your funny bone that can get that feeling. Ive hit a spot on the top of my fingers and a spot on the back of my leg that made a similar feeling, although more localized and way less sever than the spot on your elbow.

  • @athargilani
    @athargilani Месяц назад +1

    damn thats a good video!! Exquisitely detailed, well explained and just dont get me started on the sound and animation work... bravo TED-ED... who animates your videos?

  • @starf6469
    @starf6469 Месяц назад +1

    OMG that was a brutal and painful watch😭

  • @zai.kitsune
    @zai.kitsune Месяц назад +1

    I smacked my funny bone against some wood at work so hard my ring and pinky fingers went numb immediately... It was a terrible few minutes but I'm glad I'm educated on it now!

  • @hugoCastellnaos
    @hugoCastellnaos Месяц назад +1

    The best way i found to make the feeling go away after hitting a "Funny Bone" is to move my fingers. So you can wiggle them or open and close your fist or act like you are picking up a cup. I don't know why but it makes the feeling go a way.

  • @AlmaChalabi
    @AlmaChalabi Месяц назад +1

    Love this channel 🤍

  • @esat-krky
    @esat-krky Месяц назад +2

    even watching the elbow hitting a surface was discomforting

  • @Minoo-lw2pe
    @Minoo-lw2pe Месяц назад

    Perfect❤
    Is it right for the knee?

  • @bradens.3125
    @bradens.3125 Месяц назад +1

    my first ever fracture happened to my elbow, right next to my funny bone. it was such a shock to my nervous system that the left side of my face went numb for a minute

  • @saloni357
    @saloni357 Месяц назад +2

    There isn't a single funny bone in the human body but a couple are humerus.

  • @Echo81Rumple83
    @Echo81Rumple83 Месяц назад +1

    Can confirm: constant bent elbows can make the fourth and fifth finger feel a bit numb. Got that from using my laptop keyboard incorrectly when learning how to play Terraria with mouse and keyboard when it first came out.
    THAT WAS ALMOST TEN YEARS AGO 😣

  • @Ronya.Sami.55Cancri.E
    @Ronya.Sami.55Cancri.E Месяц назад +3

    Ow.. my elbow...

  • @raejohnson8433
    @raejohnson8433 Месяц назад +1

    Just watching makes my insides hurt 😂

  • @user-nf8cp4re5o
    @user-nf8cp4re5o Месяц назад

    Not knowing this yet being subscribed for4 years is wild for me.

  • @mirum8726
    @mirum8726 Месяц назад

    Thank you. It's time for some practice and test

  • @baemonet
    @baemonet 4 дня назад +1

    😭 Why continuously hit the elbow through this video??? We got the point the first time!

  • @gailaltschwager7377
    @gailaltschwager7377 Месяц назад

    Thank you.

  • @CamerHD
    @CamerHD Месяц назад +1

    Fun fact: The funny bone is called musician's bone in German ("Musikantenknochen"). Maybe because you often hit it while playing an instrument?

  • @benjaminlim3936
    @benjaminlim3936 Месяц назад +2

    I really felt that. 😀

  • @Billboy_
    @Billboy_ Месяц назад

    About to do now. Thank for the tutorial

  • @ahsanrafique4369
    @ahsanrafique4369 Месяц назад

    One of the most hilarious things that happen with me everyday 😂

  • @stephanieparker1250
    @stephanieparker1250 Месяц назад +2

    This poor guy 😅🫣

  • @joyl7842
    @joyl7842 21 день назад

    I once lost consciousness when my friend jokingly kneed my outer thigh. I suspect something similar to this happened. He was very worried when I passed out and fell to the floor.

  • @priyankar_yt
    @priyankar_yt Месяц назад +1

    Its hits different 👍

  • @bivcbmtgstgtssscqcrddgtrsm2257
    @bivcbmtgstgtssscqcrddgtrsm2257 Месяц назад +1

    Ow...

  • @MelodySnowflakeVA
    @MelodySnowflakeVA Месяц назад +1

    My arms feel weird watching this

  • @nachoilf8226
    @nachoilf8226 16 дней назад +1

    Bruh, just watching the video gave me pain

  • @deepg0830
    @deepg0830 Месяц назад

    Now I know why I've had excruciating pain every time I hit that spot from my childhood!!
    I think mine is too close to the skin than usual

  • @lalalovesmusic3
    @lalalovesmusic3 27 дней назад

    Literally could feel my elbows start to hurt the longer I watched this omG

  • @Excelsior96
    @Excelsior96 Месяц назад

    0:13, 1:07, 1:31, 2:26, 3:55
    This poor man

  • @TheMonk1008
    @TheMonk1008 14 дней назад

    While watching this video, whole body feels jiggle jiggle😂

  • @MathewSan_
    @MathewSan_ Месяц назад +1

    Nice 👍

  • @nerdlingeeksly5192
    @nerdlingeeksly5192 Месяц назад +1

    I feel every time this video shows the guy smacking his elbow

  • @DrHenry1987
    @DrHenry1987 Месяц назад

    There is also a spot on the top of the foot that in some people does the same.

  • @ArrielsWeatherWatch
    @ArrielsWeatherWatch Месяц назад

    I don’t know why, but this video kept cracking me up😂

  • @jasonjacob402
    @jasonjacob402 Месяц назад

    A video on recovery of shoulder dislocation, causes & precautions

  • @Mswordx23
    @Mswordx23 Месяц назад +1

    Thanks, God, great design

  • @wildfallz
    @wildfallz 19 дней назад +1

    I’ve been wondering why my arm goes numb and gets pins and needles while reading or being on my phone.

  • @dee-here-now
    @dee-here-now Месяц назад

    Such good animation!

  • @skibidilord-12
    @skibidilord-12 Месяц назад

    This video hits differently ngl

  • @jamescoloma4441
    @jamescoloma4441 Месяц назад

    I can't stop laughing when watching this video 😂 😅

  • @sciburger8000
    @sciburger8000 Месяц назад +1

    I once hit my elbow so hard, that I no longer feel any funny pain there

    • @sciburger8000
      @sciburger8000 Месяц назад

      I think my ulnar nerve got displaced

  • @nedflanders1559
    @nedflanders1559 16 дней назад

    You didn't mention the connection between the term "funny" bone, and the fact that one of the large bones that ends at the elbow is called the "humerus."

  • @TalesfromtheClutteredDesk
    @TalesfromtheClutteredDesk Месяц назад

    I once jarred my ulnar nerve so hard I felt like I was going to throw up. The nauseous feeling and intense tingling lasted several minutes. Not one of my most pleasant sensations I've ever felt.

  • @shawtmanXR
    @shawtmanXR 2 дня назад

    This has happen to me so often, that I now know exactly where to hit to set it off. These days I just wriggle my finger in the spot if I miss the feeling. No need to hit the elbow any more. 😅

  • @Soooooooooooonicable
    @Soooooooooooonicable Месяц назад

    I damaged my left radial nerve in a car accident over ten years ago and I still feel tingling in my thumb. I thankfully regained total thumb control/strength though.

  • @kaeelle
    @kaeelle Месяц назад +2

    why did i felt that 😟

  • @veranet99
    @veranet99 Месяц назад

    Anyone else get goosebumps each time he bumped his elbow or just me?

  • @CrocodileWhispers
    @CrocodileWhispers Месяц назад

    my funny bone tingles when u talk about my ulnar nerve. staaaahhhppp ittttt

  • @ImFromFinland787
    @ImFromFinland787 24 дня назад

    I sometimes get the urge to hit my left arm's ulnar nerve, but I regret it afterwards. I didn't do that while watching this, but I got a faint "nails and needles" feeling.

  • @fadew55
    @fadew55 11 дней назад

    I still remember one time as a kid I got hit by a frisbee from behind perfectly on the funny bone. My hand felt hot for a full minute and it ached so bad

  • @d3vilman69
    @d3vilman69 21 день назад

    Sometimes when I hit the funny bone harder than normal, actually feel a "heat" sensation even though the elbow ain't physically getting warmer