Generality
The bones of the leg are, in the human being, the bony elements that make up the skeleton of the anatomical portion of the lower limb, between the thigh and the foot.
Belonging to the category of long bones, the tibia and fibula are parallel to each other, with the first located medial to the second.
What are the bones of the leg?
The bones of the leg are, in the human being, what constitutes the skeleton of the portion of the lower limb between the thigh and the foot.
The bones of the leg are the tibia and the fibula (or fibula).
SHORT DEFINITION OF LEG
The leg is the anatomical region of the human body between the thigh and the foot.
Both at the boundary between thigh and leg and at the boundary between leg and foot, there is a joint: in the first case, it is the knee joint; in the second case, however, it is the ankle joint.
In anatomy, proximal and distal are two terms with opposite meanings.
Proximal means “closer to the center of the body” or “closer to the point of origin.” Referring to the femur, for example, it indicates the portion of this bone closest to the trunk.
Distal, on the other hand, means "farther from the center of the body" or "farther from the point of" origin. "Referred (again to the femur), for example, it indicates the portion of this bone farthest from the trunk (and closest to the "knee joint).
Anatomy
The leg bones, tibia and fibula are two equal, longitudinal and parallel bone elements.
Both belonging to the category of long bones, they border on the femur, above, and the talus, below. Femur and talus are, respectively, the only bone that constitutes the skeleton of the thigh and one of the 7 tarsal bones of the foot.
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