tibia
The inner and usually the larger of the two bones of the leg or hind limb below the knee, the shinbone.
Other meanings
The second segment from the end of an insect's leg, between the femur and tarsus.
The third segment from the end of an arachnid's leg, between the patella and metatarsus.
Synonyms
- bone flute
A kind of
- leg bone
Related words
- tibia valga
- tibia vara
- tibial
- basitibia
- distitibia
- foretibia
- mesotibia
- metatibia
- midtibia
- tibiiform
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “tibia” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.