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Tibial   Listen
adjective
Tibial  adj.  
1.
Of or pertaining to a tibia.
2.
Of or pertaining to a pipe or flute.
Tibial spur (Zool.), a spine frequently borne on the tibia of insects.


noun
Tibial  n.  (Anat.) A tibial bone; a tibiale.





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"Tibial" Quotes from Famous Books



... of fatty and earthy deposits in the arteries occur, in which exact similarity is shown in the plan, though not in the degree, with which the disease affects severally the humeral and femoral, the radial and peroneal, the ulnar and posterior tibial arteries." ...
— On the Genesis of Species • St. George Mivart
... classes of Vertebrates is now explained in the sense that the original fin-rod passes along its outer (ulnar or fibular) side, and ends in the fifth toe. It was formerly believed to go along the inner (radial or tibial) side, and end in the first toe, as Figure 2.339 shows.) In the dipneust ancestors of the Amphibia the radii gradually atrophy, and are lost, for the most part, on the other side of the fin-rod as well (the lighter cartilages in Figure 2.338). Only the four lowest ...
— The Evolution of Man, V.2 • Ernst Haeckel
... continuity of the bones. I will shortly recount two of them. In the first the exit opening was very large and on the outer aspect of the limb in the upper third. The bullet had apparently passed between the bones. Secondary haemorrhage from the anterior tibial artery necessitated exploration of the wound and ligature of the vessel (Mr. Carre). When the wound was thus laid open no injury to the bones could be detected, but I do not consider that it could be actually excluded. In the second case a wound traversed the calf transversely, just above the ...
— Surgical Experiences in South Africa, 1899-1900 • George Henry Makins
... injured, determines in a measure, the course and probable outcome in most cases, but of first and greater importance is the function of the bone. A fracture of the fibula in the horse need not incapacitate the subject, but a tibial fracture is serious and generally proves cause for fatal termination. The body of the scapula may be completely fractured and recovery will probably result in most cases without much attention being given to the subject, yet a fracture ...
— Lameness of the Horse - Veterinary Practitioners' Series, No. 1 • John Victor Lacroix


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