tibia

     

The tibia, shinbone, or shankbone is the larger an stronger of the two bones in the leg below the knee in vertebrates and connects the knee with the ankle bones.

Trivia about tibia

  • This bone in the lower leg is the second-longest in the human body
  • Responsible for bearing the weight of the body, this bone is also known as the shinbone
  • The scientific name for the shinbone
  • (Jon of the Clue Crew plays with a skeleton.) The knee is the joint where the femur, the body's longest bone, meets this large shin bone
  • This bone is attached to the fibula throughout its length by an interosseous membrane
  • It's the inner & larger of the 2 main bones between the knee & the ankle