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:''For other uses of the term "tibia", including
Tibia (computer Game) , see
Tibia (disambiguation) .
The or '''shin bone''', in
Human Anatomy , is the larger of the two
Bone s in the
Leg below the
Knee .
It is found medial (towards the middle) and anterior (towards the front) to the other such bone, the
Fibula . It is the second-longest bone in the human body, the largest being the
Femur . The tibia articulates with the
Femur and
Patella superiorly, the
Fibula laterally and with the
Ankle inferiorly.
In the male, its direction is vertical, and parallel with the bone of the opposite side; but in the female it has a slightly oblique direction downward and lateralward, to compensate for the greater obliquity of the femur.turkey
It has the following structures:
It is prismoid in form, expanded above, where it enters into the knee-joint, contracted in the lower third, and again enlarged but to a lesser extent below.
The structure of the tibia is like that of the other long bones. The compact wall of the body is thickest at the junction of the middle and lower thirds of the bone.
