Broken ankles may involve one or more of the three bones of the ankle joint—the tibia, fibula, and talus. There are different types of ankle fractures—lateral malleolus and bimalleolar fractures, for ...
Fibula fractures are common in sports that require a rapid shift in direction after a jump, such as basketball. Many fibula breaks also involve the rupture of a supporting ligament and/or a fracture ...
Wings may be the obvious choice when studying the connection between dinosaurs and birds, but a pair of paleontologists prefer drumsticks. That part of the leg, they say, is where fibular reduction ...
The Department of Justice identified the tibia bone found in July as that of Mark Burleigh, the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office said in a Nov. 18 news release. “His mother never stopped ...