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'Terminology' means the meaning of words.

Medical terminology can be confusing as the stem of the word may be Latin or Greek, or there may be a mixture of the two.

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The back of the knee is called the 'popliteal' region of the knee. The depression in the middle of...
Saturday, April 13, 2013 - 10:08am
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Thursday, April 11, 2013 - 6:25pm
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Tuesday, April 2, 2013 - 2:01pm
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Thursday, March 28, 2013 - 12:50am
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Sunday, March 24, 2013 - 9:13pm
A heavy duty table tennis table fell onto my wife’s knee severing the quadriceps tendon, not completely. The...
Tuesday, December 4, 2012 - 2:27pm
Hi, I'm sarah fresh from medical school and I'm a year older today. Used to have tibia varum(blount's...
Sunday, November 25, 2012 - 5:52pm
It's now been 3 years since my surgery on my right knee and 2012 has been a good knee year for me without...
Friday, November 16, 2012 - 5:18pm
The back of the knee is called the 'popliteal' region of the knee. The depression in the middle of...
Sunday, June 29, 2008 - 9:43am
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Saturday, March 22, 2008 - 1:02pm
Well I posted after 3 weeks about pain in the thigh and calf.  Here I am at 6+ weeks and still have...
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Monday, March 3, 2008 - 8:43pm

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The fibula is a long narrow bone to the outer side of the tibia (shinbone).

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