FIBRCUS TISSUE

an animal ti ue with a shining silvery lustre, used to connect or support other parts. It is of two kinds, white and yellow (elastic). It forms the ligaments, tendons of muscles, . _FIBULA, brooch or buckle, especially one dating from the early metal ages. Neolithic bone pins were iater reproduced in bronze: by looping one end and bending the other until the point reached the loop, safety pins arose. The Hallstatt period developed bold decorative forms, succeeded by a series of La Téne designs, which are invaluable for dating antiquities of the iron age. The slender bone on the outside of the leg is called the fibula. It is bound by ligaments to the tibia or inner bone, its lower end forming a’ bony knob outside the ankle.