tibia
Also known as shinbone, shin, shankbone, shank, holenní kost
os de la partie inférieur de la jambe
AI overview
The tibia, commonly called the shinbone, is the larger of the two bones in your lower leg that runs from your knee to your ankle. It's an important structural bone that bears much of your leg's weight and works with the smaller fibula bone to support movement and stability.
AI-generated from the Wikipedia summary — may contain errors.
Key facts
- Bone.Name
- Tibia
- Bone.Latin
- (os) tibia
- Bone.Image
- Tibia - frontal view.png
- Bone.Caption
- Position of tibia (shown in red)
- Bone.Image2
- Braus 1921 293.png
- Bone.Caption2
- Cross section of the leg showing the different compartments (latin terminology)
- Bone.Articulations
- Knee, ankle, superior and inferior tibiofibular joint
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Research
71,911 papers- Cryptococcus neoformans osteomyelitis of the tibia: a case report and review of the literature.ReviewJournal of medical case reports · 2023Papadakis SA, Gourtzelidis G, Pallis D et al.DOI: 10.1186/s13256-023-03925-x
Article · Français
En anatomie humaine, le tibia est un os du membre inférieur, et plus exactement le plus grand des deux os de la jambe, en situation médiale et antérieure par rapport à la fibula. C'est le deuxième os par ordre de grandeur du corps humain, le plus grand étant le fémur.
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