calf bone
Smaller shin bone
The calf bone is the fibula—the thinner of the two bones in the lower leg, running alongside the larger shinbone.
It provides attachment points for muscles and helps stabilize the ankle, though it bears little of the body's weight: She fractured her calf bone in the skiing accident.
- legAmbulatory limb
- fibulaOuter lower leg bone
- peronealOf the fibula region
- ankleLeg-foot joint
- shinFront lower leg
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