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Descriptor English: Fibula
Descriptor Spanish: Peroné
Descriptor peroné
Scope note: Hueso de la extremidad inferior, lateral a la tibia y más pequeño que ésta. En relación con su longitud, es el más delgado de los huesos largos.
Descriptor Portuguese: Fíbula
Descriptor French: Fibula
Entry term(s): Fibulas
Tree number(s): A02.835.232.043.650.321
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D005360
Scope note: The bone of the lower leg lateral to and smaller than the tibia. In proportion to its length, it is the most slender of the long bones.
Allowable Qualifiers: AB abnormalities
AH anatomy & histology
BS blood supply
CH chemistry
CY cytology
DE drug effects
DG diagnostic imaging
EM embryology
EN enzymology
GD growth & development
IM immunology
IN injuries
IR innervation
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
PA pathology
PH physiology
PP physiopathology
PS parasitology
RE radiation effects
SU surgery
TR transplantation
UL ultrastructure
VI virology
DeCS ID: 5495
Unique ID: D005360
NLM Classification: WE 870
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Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2018/06/29
Fibula - Preferred
Concept UI M0008459
Scope note The bone of the lower leg lateral to and smaller than the tibia. In proportion to its length, it is the most slender of the long bones.
Preferred term Fibula
Entry term(s) Fibulas



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