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The fibula is the smaller of the two long bones in the lower legs that is on the outer or lateral aspect on either leg.
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Name for a smaller outer leg bone below the knee?
The smaller outer leg bone below the knee is called the Tibia.
What is the medical name for the outer leg bone?
fibula
What is the scientific name for leg bones?
Femur (thigh bone)Fibula (the smaller lower leg bone)Tibia (larger lower leg bone)
What is the fibula known as?
smaller bone in leg
The smaller of the two lower leg bone is the?
fibula
What is the thin bone lateral to the tibia?
The fibula is the thinner bone lateral to the tibia. The fibula is the smaller bone of the lower leg.
What is the smaller of the lower leg bone called?
The two bones that makeup the lower leg are the Tibia and Fibula. The Fibula is the smallest bone of the two. It is located poterior (behind) the Tibia.
What is the structure of your lower legs and arms?
Both your lower legs and lower arms are made of two bones each. The radius is the larger bone of the arm, analagous to the larger tibia of the leg. The ulna is the smaller bone of the arm, while the fibula is the smaller bone of the leg.
What bone helps support the legs?
It depends on which bone you are referring to. The one in the top of the leg is the femur, which extends from the hips to the kneecap. This happens to be the longest and largest bone in the body. From the kneecap to the ankle you have two bones, the outer and smaller one of which is called the fibula. The inner larger bone in the lower leg is the tibia. The tibia is the bone commonly referred to as the shin bone.
What is the scientific name for the leg?
In this case, leg is the proper term for the collective. The thigh bone is called a femur bone. The knee bone is the patella. The leg bones are the tibia (front bone) and the fibula (smaller rear bone). The muscles are hamstrings, adductors, quadricepts, gastrocnemius, soleus, and tibialis anterior.
What is the scientific name for outer inner arm bone?
Outer or inner? The bone between the shoulder and the elbow is the humerus. The two bones in the forearm (between the elbow and the wrist) are the larger, longer bone, the radius, and the smaller bone, the ulna.
What is the Biggest bone in lower leg?
The femur is one of them. The femur is in the upper leg as it is better known as the thigh bone. Next down is the patella or knee bone. The main ones in the lower leg are the tibia and fibula ( the shin bone and calf bone respectively ). The other bones are smaller and make up the ankle, foot, and toes.
