The tibia is shorter, too, than the tibia of the hind leg. From Wordnik.com. [The Insect Folk] Reference
Yes, Mollie, there is a bone in your leg called the tibia, and you have. From Wordnik.com. [The Insect Folk] Reference
The tibia is the largest of the two leg bones, and is situated on the inside part of the leg. From Wordnik.com. [The Cherokee Physician, or Indian Guide to Health, as Given by Richard Foreman, a Cherokee Doctor; Comprising a Brief View of Anatomy, With General Rules for Preserving Health without the Use of Medicines. The Diseases of the U. States, with Their Symptoms, Causes, and Means of Prevention, are Treated on in a Satisfactory Manner. It Also Contains a Description of a Variety of Herbs and Roots, Many of which are not Explained in Any Other Book, and their Medical Virtues have Hitherto been Unknown to the Whites; To which is Added a Short Dispensatory.] Reference
The tibia is the larger of the two bones of the lower leg and is the weight-bearing bone of the shin. From Wordnik.com. [Emergency Room Errors] Reference
This important segment of the limb is composed of two bones, the larger of which is called the tibia, the smaller the fibula. From Wordnik.com. [Our Bird Comrades] Reference
There is also often discomfort along the inner aspect of the foot with flexing the toes upward towards the shin bone ( "tibia"). From Wordnik.com. [The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com] Reference
The tibia and fibula are the other two bones in the region. From Wordnik.com. [Common Diseases of Farm Animals] Reference
Head of lower bone (tibia) is moved to one side; knee slightly bent. From Wordnik.com. [The Home Medical Library, Volume I (of VI)] Reference
Coronula: a circle or semicircle of spines at the apex of the tibia. From Wordnik.com. [Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology] Reference
The head of the fibula lies at the outer and back part of the tibia. From Wordnik.com. [A Practical Physiology] Reference
Gonytheca: articulating surface of femur to which the tibia is joined. From Wordnik.com. [Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology] Reference
It turned out that a broken tibia would send Thomas to Alabama instead. From Wordnik.com. [Wedding: Jocelyn Hines and Jason Thomas] Reference
Then he came across a human tibia, three sets of pelvic bones and some ribs. From Wordnik.com. [The Death Convoy Of Afghanistan] Reference
Femurs, splintered tibia, and a series of human skulls emerged from the soil. From Wordnik.com. [The Unnatural History of Brown's Island] Reference
Femoro-tibial: pertaining to both femur and tibia or to the articulation between them. From Wordnik.com. [Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology] Reference
The artery will now appear pulsating at a situation an inch from the edge of the tibia. From Wordnik.com. [Surgical Anatomy] Reference
I don't need someone running off with one of my femurs, or a tibia bone, or an intact skull. From Wordnik.com. [Dead End] Reference
Epiphysis: a lappet-like process covering an excavation on the fore tibia of many Lepidoptera. From Wordnik.com. [Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology] Reference
For example, the upper end of the tibia and its shaft do not unite until the twenty-first year. From Wordnik.com. [A Practical Physiology] Reference
Conchate: applied to the shell-like inflation of the auricle in the cephalic tibia of Orthoptera. From Wordnik.com. [Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology] Reference
It is firmly fixed to the tibia at each end, and is commonly spoken of as the small bone of the leg. From Wordnik.com. [A Practical Physiology] Reference
I saw, however, complete pure perforations of the shafts of the tibia, femur, clavicle, and other bones. From Wordnik.com. [Surgical Experiences in South Africa, 1899-1900 Being Mainly a Clinical Study of the Nature and Effects of Injuries Produced by Bullets of Small Calibre] Reference
Calabrian bag-pipe; (f) the ascaulus of the Greeks and Romans; (g) the tibia utricularis; (h) the chorus. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy"] Reference
Applications, all contributed to remove this extensive exfoliation of the tibia, or large bone of the leg. From Wordnik.com. [Observations on the Causes, Symptoms, and Nature of Scrofula or King's Evil, Scurvy, and Cancer With Cases Illustrative of a Peculiar Mode of Treatment] Reference
Calcar - ium; pl. ia: a movable spur or spine-like process: specifically the spines at the apex of a tibia. From Wordnik.com. [Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology] Reference
The superior extremity of the tibia shows a central spine margined laterally by rather plain articular faces. From Wordnik.com. [Common Diseases of Farm Animals] Reference
Effusion into the knee or ankle, or sometimes both joints, was common in fractures of the shaft of the tibia. From Wordnik.com. [Surgical Experiences in South Africa, 1899-1900 Being Mainly a Clinical Study of the Nature and Effects of Injuries Produced by Bullets of Small Calibre] Reference
To prevent the most common leg injury -- broken tibia -- engineers are looking at energy-absorbent materials for bumpers. From Wordnik.com. [Pedestrian-Safe Cars] Reference
Plate XXI. affords an excellent example of perforation of the shaft of the tibia, although complicated by the secondary fissure. From Wordnik.com. [Surgical Experiences in South Africa, 1899-1900 Being Mainly a Clinical Study of the Nature and Effects of Injuries Produced by Bullets of Small Calibre] Reference
Deep suppuration occurred, and the wound had to be laid open, when a fracture of the tibia without solution of continuity was discovered. From Wordnik.com. [Surgical Experiences in South Africa, 1899-1900 Being Mainly a Clinical Study of the Nature and Effects of Injuries Produced by Bullets of Small Calibre] Reference
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