Tibia

The tibia (; : tibiae or tibias), also known as the shinbone, shankbone or simply the shin, is the larger, stronger, and anterior (frontal) of the two bones in the leg below the knee in vertebrates (the other being the fibula, behind and to the outside of the tibia); it connects the knee with the ankle. The tibia is found on the medial side of the leg next to the fibula and closer to the median plane. The tibia is connected to the fibula by the interosseous membrane of leg, forming a type of fibrous joint called a syndesmosis with very little movement. The tibia is named for the flute tibia. I

A malleolus is the bony prominence on each side of the human ankle.

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slight protrusion at the top front end

traumatic or pathological injury to the tibia in which the bone is broken

prominent ridge on the posterior surface of the tibia

lateral top surface of shinbone