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The tibia is occasionally broken at its middle and lower thirds, but malleolar fractures are not common.

From Lameness of the Horse Veterinary Practitioners' Series, No. 1 by Lacroix, John Victor

Lower extremity of the fibula represented by a distinct malleolar bone articulating with the outer surface of the lower end of the tibia.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 6 "Armour Plates" to "Arundel, Earls of" by Various