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What is a fibula?

What is a fibula? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (anatomy) The smaller of the two bones in the lower leg, the calf bone.
  2. An ancient kind of brooch used to hold clothing together, similar in function to the modern safety pin.
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During podium training, she landed short on a tumbling pass, fracturing her fibula and tearing ligaments in her ankle.
The tibia is slender but not sinuous, and the fibula lacks a proximal rugosity, both characteristics of Stagonolepis.
The medial and lateral malleoli of the tibia and fibula stabilize the talus.
Microscopy revealed acellular laminated membranes with a germinal layer within the medullary cavity of the tibia and fibula.
The proximal tibia is the most common site followed by the femur, fibula, and ischium.
The lower tibia and fibula epiphyses form the lumps that we see and feel at the sides of our ankles and call ankle bones.

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