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How are the tibia and fibula connected?

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The Tibia and fibula are the only bones connecting knee and ankle.

The tibia is the main weight bearing bone. The Fibula provides the top

attachments for the muscles which raise the foot pivoting at the ankle.

Also muscles for raising and straightening the toes. The Tibia also

has the top attachments for the main muscles of the calf which

enable one to walk tip-toe with the foot pivoted down at the ankle.

Again 'Weight-bearing'. With a smashed Fibula you could still walk if willing.

Probably not with a smashed Tibia. Tibia also is a blood cell factory

inside the marrow.

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The tibia and fibula are bones in the lower leg connected between the femur and ankle. the tibia is behind the leg and the fibula is inbetween the knee and the ankle

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they are connected by soft,spongey material called cartiliage

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The tibia is the weight bearing bone in the lower leg, the fibula sits next to the tibia in the lower leg and is non-weight bearing.

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The tibia and fibula are the two bones in the lower leg they are connected to the foot and at the knee joint

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The tibia and fibula are bones that are both located in the lower leg that run side by side from the knee to the ankle. Of the two, the tibia is both the largest and the strongest.

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In the leg. The femur is the upper leg bone, the patella is the knee cap and the tibia and fibula make up the lower leg

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The tibia and fibula are both located in the lower leg(between the knee and the ankle) or "lower lower limb" in the human skeleton.

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