<Tr> <Th> FMA </Th> <Td> 24479 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Anatomical terms of bone (edit on Wikidata) </Td> </Tr> <P> The fibula or calf bone is a leg bone located on the lateral side of the tibia, with which it is connected above and below . It is the smaller of the two bones, and, in proportion to its length, the slenderest of all the long bones . Its upper extremity is small, placed toward the back of the head of the tibia, below the level of the knee joint, and excluded from the formation of this joint . Its lower extremity inclines a little forward, so as to be on a plane anterior to that of the upper end; it projects below the tibia, and forms the lateral part of the ankle - joint . </P> <P> The bone has the following components: </P>

Where is the fibula located on your body