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What is the scientific name for leg bones?
Femur (thigh bone)Fibula (the smaller lower leg bone)Tibia (larger lower leg bone)
Scientific name for leg?
bones ate tibia and fiblua the anatomical name is the crural
What is the scientific name of the lower leg called?
The scientific name for the lower leg is the "crus" or "leg proper."
What is scientific name upper leg?
There is no scientific name other than "thigh", which is in such common usage that it just doesn't sound very scientific, but it is. Note that the lower leg's scientific name is "crus". In anatomical terminology the "leg" is only that part of the body between the knee and the ankle and what we commonly called the leg is "the lower extremity".
What is the scientific name for lower leg?
Of the two bones in the lower human leg, the tibia is the longer and the fibula is narrower. The tibia is the main weight-bearing bone and the fibula allows the rotation of the foot. The tibia is also called the shin bone. If you are eating a chicken drumstick, the tibia is what you are holding. The fibula is that little splinter of a bone that runs about 2/3 of the way down. Tibia is Latin for "flute" because long hollow bird tibias could be carved into flutes...you might be able to make a piccolo out of a chicken tibia.
Scientific name for human upper leg bone?
The scientific name for the upper leg bone is the femur, I don't think it gets anymore scientific then that. -jaz
What is the name of the long narrow bone in the lower part of your leg?
The long narrow bone in the lower part of your leg is called the fibula.
Another name for the small bone of the lower leg?
There are two bones in each lower leg. They are the Tibia and Fibula. The Tibia is the bone in the front that is often referred to as the shin bone. The Fibula is behind the Tibia towards the back of the calf. In case you wanted to know, the smaller bone is the fibula.
What bone is longest the chest bone or the lower leg bone?
By the 'chest bone' do you mean the sternum? And which 'lower leg bone', the tibia or the fibula? If by 'chest bone' you mean the sternum, both of the 'lower leg bones' are longer.
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.
Name of lower leg bone with 5 letters?
Fibia.
What is the medical name for the outer leg bone?
The medical name for the outer leg bone is the fibula. It is located next to the tibia and plays a role in providing stability and support to the lower leg.
