Noun:

टिबिअ,

tibia's Usage Examples:

In many birds the insertion is shifted from the femur to the neck of the tibia, in which case the " accessory head " is said to be absent, a condition expressed by Garrod by the symbol X.

C. Marsh, by finding the imperfect fossilized tibia of a bird in the middle cretaceous shale of Kansas, Marsh, began a series of wonderful discoveries of great im portance to ornithology.

In most insects the leg is built up of nine segments: (1) a broad triangular, sub-globular, conical or cylindrical haunch (coxa); (2) a small trochanter; (3) an elongate stout thigh (femur); (4) a more slender shin (tibia); and (5-9) a foot consisting of five tarsal segments.

The articulation between the tibia and astragalus is more complex than in other mammals, the end of the malleolus entering into it.

The odontoid process of the second vertebra is pig-like: and the tibia and fibula and radius and ulna are severally distinct.

In both groups the tibia and fibula are separate.

The condyles of the tibia are in reality not parts of this bone, but are the three proximal tarsalia which fuse together and with the distal end of the tibia.

The tibia are fibula are united.

The tibia and fibula are fused at their upper and lower ends.

The femur is short, and the tibia and fibula of great length, as is the foot, the whole of which is applied to the ground when the animal is at rest in the upright position.

Synonyms:

shin, shin bone, leg bone, shinbone, leg,