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, also called the shin bone, is one of the two bones in your lower leg. It’s the second-longest bone in your body after your thigh bone. The tibia is paired with a shorter leg bone called the ...
Once Chubb recovers from his first surgery he will need a second surgery to repair the damage to his anterior cruciate ligament. The cruciate ligaments connect the thigh bone to the lower leg. The ...
Neanderthals had shorter lower legs than we do, leading scientists to theorize that this was an adaptation to the cold times in which they lived, even if it slowed them down. But two scientists offer ...
KIOWA COUNTY, Kan. (KSNW) – A Kansas museum located in Kiowa County is now home to what some consider an important and possibly history-altering find; a complete lower leg bone of a mammoth. “I have ...
There are many different causes of calf pain. It may be directly related to your calf muscles—including the inner gastrocnemius and outer soleus muscles—or the tendons, bones, nerves, and blood ...