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... > Tissues > Connective Tissue > Bone and Bones > Bones of Lower Extremity > Leg Bones > Tibia
... > Musculoskeletal System > Skeleton > Bone and Bones > Bones of Lower Extremity > Leg Bones > Tibia

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Tibia  

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Note

  • /blood supply: consider also TIBIAL ARTERIES; /inj: consider also TIBIAL FRACTURES; avoid TIBIA /metab, TIBIA /chem, etc. when BONE AND BONES /metab, etc. is meant; tibia vara: index under TIBIA (IM) + BONE DISEASES, DEVELOPMENTAL (IM)

Scope note

  • The second longest bone of the skeleton. It is located on the medial side of the lower leg, articulating with the FIBULA laterally, the TALUS distally, and the FEMUR proximally.

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D013977

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