“The lower tibia and fibula epiphyses form the lumps that we see and feel at the sides of our ankles and call ankle bones.”

“These two bones together link the leg to the foot at the ankle joint, although it is the tibia which carries all the weight.”

“He was taken to York District Hospital, where surgeons operated the next day, inserting a pin in the tibia to help knit the bones together.”

“The larger birds in Nova Scotia and the smaller ones in Utah differ by only 2 mm in average length of the tibiotarsus.”

“The cnemial crest is a rather enormous proximal extension of the tibiotarsus and sticks out beyond the distal end of the femur.”

“The third muscle to consider is a superficial muscle that lies along the anterior side of the tibiotarsus.”

“Several months after transplantation the tibialis anterior was injured by an injection.”

“The anterior tibialis muscle was chosen because of its function as an antagonist to the peroneal muscles.”

“It is innervated by the anterior interosseous nerve and may be represented as the tibialis posterior of the leg.”

“Severe injuries, involving the loss of tibiae, femora, and entire legs were rare but did occur in four exclusive and six nonexclusive pairs.”

“In insects with fossorial legs the fore legs and tibiae are specialized for digging.”

“In the second burial most of the two tibiae and parts of both femora remained, their position strongly suggesting flexure.”