human leg

Also known as human lower limb, leg, legs

lower extremity or limb of the human body (foot, lower leg, thigh, and hip)

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Latin: membrum inferius

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The human leg is the lower limb of the human body, including the thigh, knee, lower leg, ankle, foot, or sometimes even the hip or buttock region. There are thirty bones in each leg. The major bones are the femur (thigh bone), tibia (shinbone), and adjacent fibula.

The part of the leg between the hip and the knee is called the thigh. The part between the knee and the ankle is called the lower leg, shank, crus, or in anatomy simply the leg. The lower leg includes the shin in the front and the calf at the back.