Descriptive and Surgical Anatomy Tibia Fibula

Description: Osteology of Tibia/fibula
The Tibia is situated at the anterior und inner side of the leg, and, excepting the femur, is the longest and largest bone in the skeleton. It is pris-moid in form, expanded above, where it enters into formation with the knee joint, and more slightly below. In the male, its direction is vertical, and parallel with the bone of the opposite Bide, but in the female it has a slight oblique direction downwards and outwards, to compensate for the oblique direction of the femur inwards. It presents for exami­nation a shaft and two extre­mities.
The Fibula is situated at the outer side of the leg. It is the smaller of the two bones, and, in proportion to its length, the most slender of all the long bones; it is placed nearly parallel with the tibia, its lower extremity inclining a little forwards, so as to be on a plane anterior to that of the upper end. It presents for examination a shaft and two extremities.