FIBRO-VASCULAR

adj. Fi"bro-va2sk'u2-la3r. From fibra, a fibre, and nasculum, a small ve el. Fibrous and abundantly supplied with ve els. [B, 19, 291 (a, 24); J.] Cf. F.-v. BUNDLE. FIBULA (Lat. ), n. f. Fib(feb)'u2(u*)-la3. Gr.,wepoi^. Fr.,fibule. Ger., Wadenbein. It., Sp., perone. 1. The smaller of the bones of the leg, lying on its outer side, and of nearly the same length as the tibia. Its upper extremity or head articulates with the external tuberosity of the tibia. The shaft or portion intermediate between the upper and lower extremities is triangular and twisted. The lower extremity, larger than the upper, constitutes the external malleolus, and articulates with the astragalus. 2. A clasp used for O, no: O, not; O, whole; Th, thin; Th2, the; U, like oo in too; 201 [s. 51]