malleolus
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Origin of malleolus
1685–95; < Latin: small hammer, mallet, equivalent to malle ( us ) hammer + -olus -ole 1
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The bony expansion on the medial side of the distal tibia is the medial malleolus.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
The ankle joint is formed by the articulations between the talus bone of the foot and the distal end of the tibia, the medial malleolus of the tibia, and the lateral malleolus of the fibula.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
The outside area of his foot beneath and around the lateral malleolus was the first to require any real contortion.
From The New Yorker ● Feb. 28, 2011
An MRI scan on Thursday revealed a break in the medial malleolus, on the inside part of Yao's ankle, but the 30-year-old Chinese has not yet decided on how he wants to proceed.
From Reuters ● Dec. 18, 2010
An incision midway between the internal malleolus and the tendo Achillis, parallel with both, will expose the very deep and strong fascia in which the tendons lie.
From A Manual of the Operations of Surgery For the Use of Senior Students, House Surgeons, and Junior Practitioners by Bell, Joseph
In the normal limb, a line drawn from the centre of the head of the femur to a point midway between the malleoli passes through the centre of the knee-joint.
From Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. by Miles, Alexander
If the overriding of the fragments persists, extension may be taken directly from the bone, the ice-tong callipers gripping the malleoli or the calcaneus.
From Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. by Miles, Alexander
The foot, having lost the support of the malleoli, is often displaced backward, and the toes are pointed by the contraction of the calf muscles.
From Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. by Miles, Alexander
In all these injuries the body of the talus loses its normal relationship with the malleoli.
From Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. by Miles, Alexander
When the head of the tibia is comminuted or split obliquely, weight-extension—direct from the bone, the ice-tong callipers grasping the malleoli or the calcaneus—may be used.
From Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. by Miles, Alexander
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