Tibia
The weight-bearing bone of the leg: two condyles at the stifle, a tibial tuberosity for the patellar ligament, a sharp cranial crest, and the cochlea meeting the talus.
- System
- Bone
- Region
- Pelvic limb
- Sides
- Paired: left and right
Measured on the specimen
What the tibia is in contact with in the model itself, with the share of the other structure’s surface it covers. A contact is not always a joint: bones that simply lie against one another are in this list too.
Measured on the left side.
Terminology
- English
- Tibia
- Latin (NAV)
- Tibia
- Status
- A valid term in the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria