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[Latin tībia, pipe, shinbone.]
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Ancient Roman wind instrument, similar to the Greek Aulos, consisting of two pipes, sometimes with bell extensions to increase the volume. It was used by the Etruscans and Romans in religious ceremonies and rituals, was prominent in Roman literature and played an important part in the theatre.
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The inner and larger bone in the lower leg extending from the ankle to the knee. It articulates with the talus below and the femur above. It is triangular in cross-section. The sharp anterior crest and medial surface of the tibia are unprotected by muscle and can be felt just underneath the skin.
| Veterinary Dictionary: tibia |
The inner and larger bone of the hindlimb below the stifle; it articulates with the femur and head of the fibula above and with the talus below.
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The tibia, shinbone, or shankbone is the larger and stronger of the two bones in the leg below the knee in vertebrates and connects the knee with the ankle bones. The tibia is named for the greek aulos flute, also known as a tibia.
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The tibia is found medial and anterior to the fibula. It is the second largest bone in the human body, the largest being the femur. The tibia articulates with the femur superiorly, the fibula laterally and with the talus inferiorly. There is a misconception that femur (thigh bone) is the strongest bone in human body. But, the fact is tibia is the strongest bone. This is obvious as it is tibia that bears the body weight of human beings.
In the male, its direction is vertical, and parallel with the bone of the opposite side. In the female, it has a slightly oblique direction downward and laterally, to compensate for the greater obliqueness of the femur.
It is prismoid in form, expanded above, where it enters into the knee-joint, contracted in the lower third, and again enlarged but to a lesser extent below.
The superior tibiofibular articulation is an arthrodial joint between the lateral condyle of the tibia and the head of the fibula. The inferior tibiofibular articulation (tibiofibular syndesmosis) is formed by the rough, convex surface of the medial side of the lower end of the fibula, and a rough concave surface on the later side of the tibia. The tibia is connected to the fibula by an interosseous membrane, forming a type of joint called a syndesmoses.
The tibia derives its arterial blood supply from two sources:[1]
The tibia has been modeled as taking an axial force during walking that is up to 4.7 bodyweight. Its bending moment in the sagittal plane in the late stance phase is up to 71.6 bodyweight times millimetre.[2]
The structure of the tibia in most other tetrapods is essentially similar to that in humans. The tuberosity of the tibia, a crest to which the patellar ligament attaches in mammals, is instead the insertion point for the tendon of the quadriceps muscle in reptiles, birds, and amphibians, which have no patella.[3]
 Lower extremity |
 Knee diagram |
 Bones of the right leg. Anterior surface. |
 Bones of the right leg. Posterior surface. |
 Right knee-joint. Posterior view. |
 Right knee-joint, from the front, showing interior ligaments. |
 Left knee-joint from behind, showing interior ligaments. |
 Sagittal section of right knee-joint. |
 Capsule of right knee-joint (distended). Lateral aspect. |
 Capsule of right knee-joint (distended). Posterior aspect. |
 Capsule of left articulation (distended). Lateral aspect. |
 Coronal section through right talocrural and talocalcaneal joints. |
 Oblique section of left intertarsal and tarsometatarsal articulations, showing the synovial cavities. |
 Cross-section through middle of leg. |
This article was originally based on an entry from a public domain edition of Gray's Anatomy. As such, some of the information contained within it may be outdated.
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| Translations: Tibia |
Deutsch (German)
n. - Schienbein, Schiene
Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (ανατ.) κνημιαίον οστούν (κν. καλάμι)
Português (Portuguese)
n. - tíbia (f)
Русский (Russian)
большеберцовая кость
Svenska (Swedish)
n. - tibia, skenben (anat.)
中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
胫骨, 一种旧式的笛, 胫节
中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 脛骨, 一種舊式的笛, 脛節
한국어 (Korean)
n. - 경골, 경절, 피리의 일종
العربيه (Arabic)
(الاسم) عظم ألساق الأكبر, الطنبوب
עברית (Hebrew)
n. - שוקה - עצם השוק הפנימית
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