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tibia

1. the inner and thicker of the two bones of the human leg between the knee and ankle

2. the corresponding bone in other vertebrates

3. the fourth segment of an insect's leg, lying between the femur and the tarsus

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tibia

[′tib·ē·ə]

(anatomy)

The larger of the two leg bones, articulating with the femur, fibula, and talus.

The following article is from The Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1979). It might be outdated or ideologically biased.

Tibia

in arthropods, a segment of the leg that is movably joined to the femur (in insects) or the patella (in arachnids) and bears the tarsus on its end. usually segmented.

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