Landmark · Skeletal system
Apex of head of fibula
Apex capitis fibulae
- System
- Skeletal system
- Regions
- Lower limb
- Side
- Left and right
- Landmark on
- Fibula
DescriptionUnreviewed
On the lateral side of the head of fibula is a thick and rough prominence continued behind into a pointed eminence, the apex (styloid process), which projects upward from the posterior part of the head.
The prominence, at its upper and lateral part, gives attachment to the tendon of the biceps femoris and to the fibular collateral ligament of the knee-joint, the ligament dividing the tendon into two parts.
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Names
- Latin
- Apex capitis fibulae
- English
- Apex of head of fibula
- French
- Apex de la tête fibullaire
- Spanish
- Ápice de la cabeza de la fíbula
- Portuguese
- Ápice da cabeça da fíbula