fibula

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Figure 8.18 Tibia and Fibula The tibia is the larger, weight-bearing bone located on the medial side of the leg.

From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013

It proceeds from the outward Lip of the Os Ilion, is ty'd by a large Membrane to the top of the Perone or Fibula and sometimes descends to the end of the Foot.

From The Compleat Surgeon or, the whole Art of Surgery explain'd in a most familiar Method. by Le Clerc, Charles Gabriel

Old Fracture of Tibia and Fibula badly set.

From The Dyeing of Woollen Fabrics by Beech, Franklin

Figure 1, Fibula 142, 3   From Holyday's "Juvenal."

From Aphrodisiacs and Anti-aphrodisiacs: Three Essays on the Powers of Reproduction by Davenport, John

Fibula, fib′ū-la, n. a clasp or buckle; the outer of the two bones from the knee to the ankle.—adjs.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) by Various