fibula
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ElAttrache performed surgery on McGregor in July 2021, inserting a rod, plates and screws into his left leg after the fighter broke his tibia and fibula during a bout against Dustin Poirier in Las Vegas.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 12, 2026
But the Sweden striker has endured a year to forget, with a serious ankle injury that included a fibula fracture ruling him out for three months and other smaller issues affecting his availability.
From BBC ● May 26, 2026
Liverpool striker Alexander Isak faces a lengthy spell on the sidelines after the Premier League champions revealed he had surgery on an ankle injury that includes a fibula fracture on Monday.
From Barron's ● Dec. 22, 2025
When Loyola High defensive lineman Andrew Hilton broke his fibula and suffered ligament damage to his ankle during the opening week of football practice last August, things looked bleak.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 12, 2025
I learned that the bones in the leg are the femur, the tibia, the patella, and the fibula.
From "Out of My Mind" by Sharon M. Draper
His meticulously assembled forest of skulls, femurs, tibiae, and fibulae isn’t sacrilege; it’s a memorial.
From Salon ● Jan. 23, 2026
He was born with unformed fibulae, and his legs were amputated below the knee when he was 11 months old.
From New York Times ● Mar. 10, 2017
Born without fibulae, the now 39-year-old’s lower legs were amputated when she was very young.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 15, 2015
Known as the “Blade Runner,” Pistorius is a double amputee who wears curved carbon fiber blades where his fibulae ought to be.
From Slate ● Jul. 27, 2012
Several fibulae were found in the drains of the bath-house.
From Roman Britain in 1914 by Haverfield, F. (Francis)
Photograph: Michael Buholzer/Reuters History of a champion athlete turned murderer 1986 Oscar Pistorius is born in Sandton, South Africa, with no fibulas.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 12, 2016
Pistorius was born without fibulas, one of the two long bones in the lower leg.
From Scientific American ● Jul. 24, 2012
Pistorius, born without fibulas and who had his lower legs amputated when a baby, uses carbon fiber prosthetic running blades and is hoping to qualify for the 400 meters at the Games.
From Reuters ● Jun. 27, 2012
Pistorius was born without fibulas, and had both legs amputated just below the knee when he was only 11 months old.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 28, 2011
There was a woman living in Bavaria, under the observation of Buhl, who had congenital absence of both femurs and both fibulas.
From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Pyle, Walter L. (Walter Lytle)
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Human Anatomy and Physiology - High School
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