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lower end of the fibula. The word
malleolus (/məˈliːələs, mæ-/),
plural malleoli (/məˈliːəˌlaɪ, mæ-/),
comes from
Latin and
means "small hammer". (It is...
- have fan-shaped
sensory organs called malleoli or
racquet (or racket) organs. Sometimes, the
blades of the
malleoli are
directed forward,
sometimes not...
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thinner fibula.
These leg
bones have two
prominences (the
lateral and
medial malleoli) that
articulate with the talus. At the foot end,
within the tarsus, the...
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Details Identifiers Latin ligamentum tibiofibulare posterius,
ligamentum malleoli lateralis posterius TA98 A03.6.05.004 TA2 1870 FMA 76853
Anatomical terminology...
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Details Identifiers Latin ligamentum tibiofibulare anterius,
ligamentum malleoli lateralis anterius TA98 A03.6.05.003 TA2 1869 FMA 76852
Anatomical terminology...
- (the
ankle mortise, the fork-like grip
between the
medial and
lateral malleoli). In the
tibial shaft, the
mechanical and
anatomical axes coincide, but...
- with the
talus bone of the foot.
Strictly speaking,
there are only two
malleoli (medial and lateral), but the term
trimalleolar is used
nevertheless and...
- distal-most
aspect of the
fibula is
called the
lateral malleolus. Together, the
malleoli,
along with
their supporting ligaments,
stabilize the
talus underneath...
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detail and
likened both it and the
incus to
little hammers terming them
malleoli. The
malleus is
unique to mammals, and
evolved from a
lower jaw bone in...
- A
malleolus (plural:
malleoli) is a fan-shaped
chemoreceptor or
racquet organ, an
array of
which are
carried in
pairs on the
ventral or
undersides of Solpugidae...
