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In the bird, the fibula is small and its lower end diminishes to a point.
On the outer side note the tendons of the biceps of the leg, running down to the head of the fibula.
The head of the fibula lies at the outer and back part of the tibia.
The least modified mammals, in fact, have the radius and ulna, the tibia and fibula, distinct and separate.
The left fibula has a large, irregular calcification from the posterior surface of the proximal diaphysis consistent with myositis ossificans.
Such fibulae give only a hint as to the normal user.
Lateral from the facet, the anterior side flexes slightly laterally for the flat surface that indicates the distal contact with the fibula.
Stimulation was applied to the common peroneal nerve at the neck of the fibula and in the popliteal fossa.
Foremost of these are the fibulae, which have only a decorative function, as there is little space beneath the bow for a large amount of cloth.
This patient was a coal-face miner, aged 35, who sustained a fracture of the lower end of the fibula and a sprained ankle.
After the pelvis come the femur (thigh), patella, stifle joint, tibia, fibula, tarsal (hock) bone and joint, large metatarsal (cannon) and small metatarsal (splint) bones.
However, a pile-up at the finish line resulted in a broken fibula, ruling him out for the rest of the athletics season.
Unlike in armadillos, the tibia and fibula are not inclined relative to each other, but about parallel.
Among the only living ambulatory mammals to have a fused tibia and fibula are the armadillo and the aardvark.
The calcaneum also has a facet that attaches to both the fibula bone of the leg and another tarsal, or ankle bone.
Of the remaining injuries, 127 were to lower extremities including femur, knee, tibia/fibula, ankle, and foot.
The leg of a plantigrade mammal includes the bones of the upper leg (femur/humerus) and lower leg (tibia and fibula/radius and ulna).
They also found artifacts like a part of an iron fibula, animal bones, and pottery.
The diagnosis was a fractured tibia and fibula which will keep him out for the rest of the season.
