a human limb; commonly used to refer to a whole limb but technically only the part of the limb between the knee and ankle
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peroneal vein, fibular vein, vena peroneus
saphenous vein, vena saphena
tibial vein, vena tibialis
crus
thigh
shank
shin
foot, human foot, pes
sciatic nerve, nervus ischiadicus
saphenous nerve, nervus saphenus
knee, knee joint, human knee, articulatio genus, genu
ankle, ankle joint, mortise joint, articulatio talocruralis
tibialis, tibialis muscle, musculus tibialis
leg bone
fibula, calf bone
shinbone, tibia, shin bone, shin
knock-knee, genu valgum, tibia valga
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