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Common sites are the tibia, fibula, metatarsals, lumbar spine, and the hip.
The proximal tibia is the most common site followed by the femur, fibula, and ischium.
During podium training, she landed short on a tumbling pass, fracturing her fibula and tearing ligaments in her ankle.
Last year, he missed the final six games after he fractured his left fibula.
The lower tibia and fibula epiphyses form the lumps that we see and feel at the sides of our ankles and call ankle bones.
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.
The earliest members of the group had two separate leg bones, the tibia and fibula, just like humans.
Recently he was forced to take an extended break to recover from a spiral fracture to his fibula, which ended up requiring multiple surgeries.
Chris, son of former Clarets manager and striker Frank, suffered a broken fibula, tibia and cruciate and ankle ligament damage.
The procedure involved the extraction of the lower jaw and its substitution by a bone transplant from the fibula of the patient.
Microscopy revealed acellular laminated membranes with a germinal layer within the medullary cavity of the tibia and fibula.
Both the radius and ulna, and the tibia and fibula, are fused to each other.
There was evidence of osteomyelitis of the left fibula, healed rib fractures and healed jaw lesions.
The head of the fibula doesn't contribute to the knee joint, but instead articulates with the inferior surface of the lateral condyle.
The ankle joint is formed by the articulation of the talus with the tibia and fibula.
The tibia and fibula are fused, especially distally, to form a single element, the tibiotarsus.
The hind limb includes a femur, tibia, fibula, astragalus, calcaneum, distal tarsal four, and remains of four metatarsals and two phalanges.
In this procedure, the proximal part of the peroneus brevis tendon is routed through the calcaneus and attached to the distal fibula.
The nerve may be avoided by staying superficially on the fascia and by being aware of the location of the fibula.
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Examples from Classical Literature
The calcaneum has a large facet for articulation with the fibula, as in Artiodactyla.
The crus or shin includes two short bones, the tibia and fibula, which are nearly equal in length.
The fibula articulates with the calcaneum, and the astragalus is very flat.
In the posterior limb the tibia and the hallux are pre-axial, the fibula and the fifth toe are postaxial.
The fibular crest is longitudinal on the lateral surface of the tibiotarsus and fuses with the middle part of the fibula.
The fibular tubercle is small and on the lateral surface of the fibula near the level of the middle of the fibular crest.
The ball lies on the fibular side superficially, just in front of the fibula.
The fibular side lay next to the plate, as shown by the shadow of the fibula and the calcaneo-cuboid articulation.
There is great tenderness between the tibia and fibula at the front of the ankle, and over the points of fracture in the malleoli.
In the peronei tendons, for example, it may result from disease of the fibula or of the ankle-joint.
It is usually accompanied by fracture of the diaphysis of the fibula, and is not infrequently compound.
The fibula has a broad proximal process resembling an olecranon.
The common site of fracture is the lower part of the tibia or fibula.
The femur has no third trochanter, and the tibia and fibula are distinct.
The calcaneum articulates with the fibula as in Artiodactyles.
The calcaneum does not articulate with the fibula, except in Macrauchenia.
The fibula appears to be in the same condition as in the horse.
In the bird, the fibula is small and its lower end diminishes to a point.
That is a fibula, Cora, such as I saw in a museum in Norway.
He fractured his tibia and fibula, which were displaced, so we couldn't put them back into place until Monday.
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