| Bone: Head of fibula | |
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| Right knee-joint. Posterior view. | |
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| Left knee-joint from behind, showing interior ligaments. | |
| Latin | c. Latin ( lingua Latīna, laˈtiːna is an Italic language, historically spoken in Latium and Ancient Rome. fibulae |
| Gray's | subject #62 260 |
| Dorlands / Elsevier |
c_08/12211989 |
The upper extremity or head of the fibula is of an irregular quadrate form, presenting above a flattened articular surface, directed upward, forward, and medialward, for articulation with a corresponding surface on the lateral condyle of the tibia. Introduction ( classes Long bones body or Diaphysis Medullary canal Elsevier, the world's largest Publisher of Medical and Scientific literature, forms part of the Reed Elsevier group For other uses see Fibula (disambiguation The fibula or calf bone is a Bone located on the lateral side of the Tibia The tibia, shinbone, or shankbone is the larger and stronger of the two Bones in the Leg below the Knee in vertebrates and connects
On the lateral side is a thick and rough prominence continued behind into a pointed eminence, the apex (styloid process), which projects upward from the posterior part of the head.
The prominence, at its upper and lateral part, gives attachment to the tendon of the Biceps femoris and to the fibular collateral ligament of the knee-joint, the ligament dividing the tendon into two parts. A tendon (or sinew) is a tough band of Fibrous connective tissue that usually connects Muscle to Bone and is capable of withstanding tension The biceps femoris is a muscle of the posterior (the back Thigh. In Anatomy, the term ligament is used to denote three different types of structures Fibrous tissue that connects Bones to other bones
The remaining part of the circumference of the head is rough, for the attachment of muscles and ligaments. Muscle (from Latin musculus, diminutive of mus "mouse" is contractile tissue of the body and is derived from the
It presents in front a tubercle for the origin of the upper and anterior fibers of the Peronæus longus, and a surface for the attachment of the anterior ligament of the head; and behind, another tubercle, for the attachment of the posterior ligament of the head and the origin of the upper fibers of the Soleus. In anatomy a tubercle is a round Nodule, small Eminence, or Warty outgrowth found on Bones skin or within the lungs in Tuberculosis In human anatomy the peroneus longus (also known as fibularis longus) is a superficial Muscle in the Lateral compartment of the leg, and acts to Evert In humans and some other mammals the soleus is a powerful Muscle in the back part of the lower Leg (the calf
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- SUNY Figs 17:06-10
- Anatomy at Dartmouth knee/surface/surface3
- Anatomy at Dartmouth knee/clinicalcorr/clinicalcorr2
This article was originally based on an entry from a public domain edition of Gray's Anatomy. The Fibular Collateral Ligament ( external lateral or long external lateral ligament) is a strong rounded fibrous cord attached above to the back part of the The State University of New York Health Science Center at Brooklyn, better known as SUNY Downstate Medical Center, is an academic medical center and is the only one of its kind Dartmouth College ( is a private, Coeducational University located in Hanover, New Hampshire, U Dartmouth College ( is a private, Coeducational University located in Hanover, New Hampshire, U The public domain is a range of abstract materials &ndash commonly referred to as Intellectual property &ndash which are not owned or controlled by anyone Henry Gray's Anatomy of the Human Body (or Gray's Anatomy as it has commonly been shortened is an English-language Human anatomy Textbook As such, some of the information contained herein may be outdated. Please edit the article if this is the case, and feel free to remove this notice when it is no longer relevant.