The tibia, fibula, and tarsals have been fused into a single, strong bone, as have the radius and ulna in the fore limbs (which must absorb the impact on landing).
Sugiura et al. [ 17] reviewed pasteurized intercalary autogenous bone graft combined with a fibula graft and stated that the addition of a fibula graft seems to promote the theoretically anticipated remodeling process.
Boldsen [66] describes the destructive lesions on the facial and phalangeal bones as well as hyperostosis with or without exostoses on the tibia and fibula as characteristic bone changes for leprosy.
Their limbs share with dinosaurs and pterosaurs a bowed femur (thighbone), a hingelike knee, a strong straight tibia (shin bone) and a reduced fibula (side bone to the tibia), a hingelike ankle, and a long foot with long toe bones.
Pistorius was born without a fibula bone in either of his lower legs.
He was born without a fibula, a bone in the lower leg, and his legs were amputated below the knees when he was 11 months old.
He was born without a fibula — the long bone running along the outside of the leg from below the knee joint to the ankle — in either leg.
Mullins was born without fibula bones and, as a child, was told by doctors she would likely never walk.
X-rays showed that it was a fibula, the outer, thinner bone of the lower leg.
This specimen, consisting of parts of two vertebrae, partial pubic bones, a femur, a partial fibula, and fragments, represents a juvenile animal.
