shinbone
 
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SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Bone structures
acetabular
acetabulum
acromial
acromioclavicular
acromion
foramen magnum
frontal bone
glenoid
gnathic
gynecoid
osteology
osteophyte
osteotomy
parietal
parietal bone
tibiotalar
TMJ
trapezoidal
triquetrum
true rib

Examples of tibia

tibia
It applies an impulsive force to the robot in the direction of the stance tibia, causing a discontinuous change in the velocity states.
All the bristles of the tibiae are pointed and not truncate.
An important difference from coelurosaurs is indicated by the step on the anterior side of the distal tibia.
In the last five degrees or so of extension, the tibia rotates on the femoral condyles to lock the knee.
The whitish spot on the apex of the tibiae is not more conspicuous in this species than in other members of the genus.
For longevity and fecundity experiments, parasitoid hind tibia length was measured from dead individuals collected after each experiment.
The tibiae and tarsi are yellowish but may be blackened, more so in the hind tibiae of the female.
The large value selected for a1 is due to tibia of the stance leg being the main link that keeps the biped stable while walking.
At 3 days of infection tibias and spleens were removed.
A rather obscure species, until the striped tibiae are noticed.
A cluster of stingray spines and bone "awls" is located adjacent to the left tibia.
Counts from duplicate wells were averaged and numbers are reported per 40 000 cells plated or per total cells per tibia.
The golden-scaled scutellum and the distinct pale band on the apex of the hind tibiae distinguish it at once.
Hind tibia red, the outer surface between the spines darker red, spines pink with black tips.
The tibiae are black or mainly black.
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