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Definition of the day : « fibula »
- As in buckle : noun fastener with long pin
- As in clasp : noun fastener; hold on something
- The fibula appears to be in the same condition as in the horse.
- Extract from : « Little Masterpieces of Science: » by Various
- But think of gradation, even now manifest, (Tibia and Fibula).
- Extract from : « The Foundations of the Origin of Species » by Charles Darwin
- In the bird, the fibula is small and its lower end diminishes to a point.
- Extract from : « Lectures on Evolution » by Thomas Henry Huxley
- That is a fibula, Cora, such as I saw in a museum in Norway.
- Extract from : « Peak's Island » by Ford Paul
- The first (a) is on a fibula from Etruria (fig. 190 of this paper).
- Extract from : « The Swastika » by Thomas Wilson
- The common site of fracture is the lower part of the tibia or fibula.
- Extract from : « Scurvy Past and Present » by Alfred Fabian Hess
- Rarely, the surcote is made with a "fente" at the throat, and fastened with a fibula.
- Extract from : « Ancient Armour and Weapons in Europe » by John Hewitt
- The development of the fibula in general corresponds to that of the ulna.
- Extract from : « The Vertebrate Skeleton » by Sidney H. Reynolds
- The fibula may be well developed or quite vestigial or absent.
- Extract from : « The Vertebrate Skeleton » by Sidney H. Reynolds
- The tibia and fibula are always distinct and well developed.
- Extract from : « The Vertebrate Skeleton » by Sidney H. Reynolds