Fibula

Fibula
Position of fibula in human body (shown in red)
Cross section of human lower leg, showing fibula in centre (latin terminology)
Details
Pronunciation	/ˈfɪbjʊlə/[1][2]
Articulations	Superior and inferior tibiofibular joint Ankle
Identifiers
Latin	(os) fibula
MeSH	D005360
TA98	A02.5.07.001
TA2	1427
FMA	24479
Anatomical terms of bone [edit on Wikidata]

The fibula (pl.: fibulae or fibulas) or calf bone is a leg bone on the lateral side of the tibia, to which it is connected above and below. It is the smaller of the two bones and, in proportion to its length, the most slender of all the long bones. Its upper extremity is small, placed toward the back of the head of the tibia, below the knee joint and excluded from the formation of this joint. Its lower extremity inclines a little forward, so as to be on a plane anterior to that of the upper end; it projects below the tibia and forms the lateral part of the ankle joint.