fibula

Skeletal

In 4 atlases

Adult male (BodyParts3D)
Right lower limb (Open3DModel)
Knee (SPL atlas)
Adult male, detailed (Z-Anatomy)

Key points

The fibula is the slender long bone on the outer side of the leg, beside the larger tibia.
Its main parts are the head, neck, shaft and lateral malleolus.
The fibula joins the tibia at its upper and lower ends and contributes to the ankle joint.
It provides muscle and ligament attachment sites and helps maintain ankle stability.

Read the guide: Fibula: anatomy, location and function

Definition

The major postaxial endochondral bone in the posterior zeugopod[Phenoscape].

Source: UBERON · Licence: CC-BY-3.0

Definition from the Uberon multi-species anatomy ontology (Mungall CJ et al., Genome Biology 2012, 13:R5), https://obophenotype.github.io/uberon/, licensed under CC BY 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/).

Parts in this atlas

right fibula
left fibula

Neighbouring structures

clavicle
femur
humerus
metacarpal bone
metatarsal bone
phalanx of finger
phalanx of toe
radius
rib
tibia
ulna

Wikipedia (English)

Identifiers

TA2: 1427
TA98: A02.5.07.001
FMA: 24479
UBERON: 0001446
Wikidata: Q302896