Madeleine is an active 18-year-old who fell off her bike, fracturing the medial epicondyle of her humerus. In addition to experiencing severe pain in her elbow, she experienced numbness along the medial side of her hand. She went to the emergency room and the physician examined her. After x-raying her elbow, the physician performed further tests on Madeline to determine what nerve damage she may have experienced. What nerve likely was injured when she fractured her medial epicondyle?
a. radial
b. ulnar
c. musculocutaneous
d. median
b. ulnar
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