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Tuesday Malleoli
You have
probably noticed the bony bumps on each side of your ankle. You see them every time
you put on your ballet slippers, and especially when you cross your pointe shoe
ribbons.
These interesting
projections are the malleoli. The
word malleolus (singular), comes from
the Latin and means “small hammer”.
The medial malleolus in on the inner side of
ankle at the end of the tibia, and the lateral
malleolus is on the outer side of the ankle at the end of the fibula.
Now you know
what those bumps are!
From the Big Blue Book of Ballet Secrets
Secret #:
“The malleoli are the projections at
the base of the tibia and fibula bones.”
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“The
important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for
existence. One cannot help but be in awe when he contemplates the mysteries of
eternity, of life, of the marvelous structure of reality. It is enough if one
tries merely to comprehend a little of this mystery each day.
—"Old Man's Advice to Youth: 'Never Lose a Holy Curiosity.'" LIFE Magazine (2 May 1955) p. 64”
― Albert Einstein
—"Old Man's Advice to Youth: 'Never Lose a Holy Curiosity.'" LIFE Magazine (2 May 1955) p. 64”
― Albert Einstein
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