The fibula is the longest, thinnest calf bone in your lower leg. Of your two lower leg bones, your fibula is closest to the outside of your body. When you break this bone, it's called a fibular ...

The tibia is paired with a shorter leg bone called the fibula, and they’re connected with an interosseous membrane. This membrane is a sheet of connective tissue that acts as a type of joint ...

The Smaller Bone of the Shin. Structure of the Fibula. The average fibula is about 390 millimeters (mm) (15.4 inches) long in adult men and about 360 mm (14.2 inches) long in adult women.

There are two major bones in the lower leg: the tibia and fibula. Tibia. The tibia, or shinbone, is the main weight-bearing bone in the lower leg. It is on the medial side of either leg, ...

The fibula, or calf bone, is a small bone located on the outside of the leg. A fibula fracture describes a break in this bone. Treatment can vary, but often involves aligning the bones and a cast.

Medically reviewed by Theresa Marko, PT There are three main bones in the leg. The femur is the long bone in your thigh that connects your hip to your knee; it’s also your body's longest and strongest ...

Well, the tibia is the large shin bone that connects the knee to the ankle. And the fibula, or calf bone, is the smaller bone next to it. So Hutchinson broke two bones in his lower left leg.

Michigan offensive lineman Zak Zinter, the North Andover native and former Globe All-Scholastic, was carted off the field with two broken bones in his left leg in the Big Ten showdown against Ohio ...

ELMONT, N.Y. — Lightning defenseman Mikhail Sergachev could be lost for the season after having surgery Thursday in New York to stabilize fractures to the tibia and fibula bones in his lower ...