Tibia

:For the Massively Multiplayer Online RPG computer game, see Tibia (computer game).

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Massively Multiplayer Online RPG - Computer game - Tibia (computer game)

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In human anatomy, the tibia or shin bone is the larger of the two bones 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. 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. 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. It has a body and two extremities.

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Human anatomy - Bone - Leg - Knee - Fibula - Femur - Patella - Ankle

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In music, Tibia refers to a sort of organ pipe that is most characteristic of a theatre organ. For more information on this sort of tibia, see the Encyclopedia of Organ Stops. The term can also refer to a type of primitive flute made from a (usually Human) shinbone, such as that of a defeated enemy.

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