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What is the plural form of the smaller of the lower leg bones?

Published in Anatomy 1 min read

The plural form of the smaller of the lower leg bones is fibulae.

The lower leg contains two bones: the tibia (shinbone) and the fibula. The fibula is the smaller of the two. The plural of fibula is formed by adding an "-ae" ending, a common pluralization for words of Latin origin.

Therefore, when referring to more than one fibula, the correct term is "fibulae."

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