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fibula
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fibula

Rear lower bone in the hind leg of a vertebrate. It is paired and often fused with a smaller front bone, the tibia.



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He had his legs amputated below the knee when he was 11 months old because he had no calf bones.
applied to the centre panels of your legs and down the calf bone to create a 3D effect, making the leg appear slimmer.
There is a titanium rod in one of his calf bones and surgically implanted screws above his ankle and below his knee to hold the rod in place, he said.
 
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