Landmark · Skeletal system
Lateral malleolus
Malleolus lateralis
- System
- Skeletal system
- Regions
- Lower limb
- Side
- Left and right
- Landmark on
- Fibula
DescriptionUnreviewed
A malleolus is the bony prominence on each side of the human ankle.
Each leg is supported by two bones, the tibia on the inner side (medial) of the leg and the fibula on the outer side (lateral) of the leg.
The lateral malleolus is the prominence on the outer side of the ankle, formed by the lower end of the fibula.
The word malleolus, plural malleoli, comes from Latin and means "small hammer". (It is cognate with mallet.)
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Names
- Latin
- Malleolus lateralis
- English
- Lateral malleolus
- French
- Malléole latérale
- Spanish
- Maléolo lateral
- Portuguese
- Maléolo lateral