The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word ULNAR
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More clues leading to the result ULNAR
- Like part of arm of satellite, left to drop
- Piece of insightful narrative on member's part?
- Partly useful — narrow like some bones
- Disrespectful narrative — some of it near the bone
- Au naturel on camera, scrawnier backsides bony?
- Bony part of beautiful narwhal
- Graceful, narrow ring of bone
- Useful narrow section of a bone
- Painful narrow segment of bone
- An awful narrative — needs some nerve
Buddy explains!

The straight part
We know that "near the bone" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case near the bone = ulnar.The cryptic/wordplay part
In cryptic crossword there's often an wordplay/cryptic part as well.This part involves a more complex hint, such as an anagram, homophone, hidden word, etc.
Sadly, We don't have an explanation for this specific crossword clue yet.