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TIBIA (tibiae)
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Dictionary entry overview: What does tibia mean?
• TIBIA (noun)
The noun TIBIA has 1 sense:
1. the inner and thicker of the two bones of the human leg between the knee and ankle
Familiarity information: TIBIA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The inner and thicker of the two bones of the human leg between the knee and ankle
Classified under:
Nouns denoting body parts
Synonyms:
shin; shin bone; shinbone; tibia
Hypernyms ("tibia" is a kind of...):
leg bone (a bone of the leg)
Holonyms ("tibia" is a part of...):
leg (a human limb; commonly used to refer to a whole limb but technically only the part of the limb between the knee and ankle)
Derivation:
tibial (relating to or located near a tibia)
Context examples
In contrast, following a heart attack, the skull and tibia provided similar numbers of neutrophils to the heart, which is far from both of those areas.
(Researchers unearth secret tunnels between the skull and the brain, National Institutes of Health)
The bone of the lower leg lateral to and smaller than the tibia.
(Fibula, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)
Bone marrow in the tibia bone.
(Bone Marrow, Tibia, NCI Thesaurus)
It affects the long bones, and most commonly, the distal femur, proximal tibia, and proximal humerus.
(Childhood Conventional Osteosarcoma, NCI Thesaurus)
A validated instrument to assess ataxia using five criteria for evaluation: Gait, Knee-tibia test, Finger-to-nose test, Dysarthria, and Occulomotor abnormalities.
(Brief Ataxia Rating Scale, NCI Thesaurus)
It affects the long bones and most commonly, the distal femur, proximal tibia, and proximal humerus.
(Conventional Osteosarcoma, NCI Thesaurus)
A joint connecting the lower part of the femur with the upper part of the tibia.
(Knee Joint, NCI Thesaurus)
A flat fibrous band extending from the apex and margins of the patella to the tubercle of the tibia.
(Patellar Ligament, NCI Thesaurus)
A major stabilizing ligament in the knee that attaches the surfaces of the femur and tibia.
(Anterior Cruciate Ligament, NCI Thesaurus)
It occurs in childhood and usually affects the distal posterior femur, the proximal tibia, and proximal humerus.
(Childhood Parosteal Osteosarcoma, NCI Thesaurus)
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