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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 term meaning kneecap and upper leg bone?

Kneecap is patella, upper leg bone is femur, and the term meaning pertaining to the kneecap and upper leg bone is patellofemoral.


What is the outer smaller bone of the leg?

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.


Which bone is the medial leg bone?

The think lateral leg bone is the fibula. It is a non-weight bearing bone, but forms the lateral portion of your ankle joint.


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 medical term meaning pertaining to the upper leg bone and largest lower leg bone?

The upper leg bone is the femur, and the largest lower leg bone is the tibia. The term meaning pertaining to these two bones is femerotibial.


What is the correct name of ankle bone?

The correct name of the ankle bone is the talus. The talus is a tarsal bone that sits between the tibia and fibula of the lower leg and the calcaneus (heel bone) below. It plays a crucial role in ankle movement and stability, forming part of the ankle joint.


What is the name of a bone that you will get when you cut off the end of a chicken leg bone?

a foot bone bone


What is the name of your two lower leg bones?

The two lower leg bones are called the tibia and fibula. The tibia is the larger and weight-bearing bone located on the inner side of the leg, while the fibula is thinner and situated on the outer side of the leg.


What is the name of the larger leg bone?

Femur


What primates name rhymes with a leg bone?

lemar


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.