Tibia vs. Fibula — What's the Difference?

The tibia (plural tibiae or tibias), also known as the shinbone or shankbone, is the larger, stronger, and anterior (frontal) of the two bones in the leg below the knee in vertebrates (the other being the fibula, behind and to the outside of the tibia), and it connects the knee with the ankle bones. The tibia is found on the medial side of the leg next to the fibula and closer to the median plane or centre-line.

The fibula or calf bone is a leg bone on the lateral side of the tibia, to which it is connected above and below. It is the smaller of the two bones and, in proportion to its length, the most slender of all the long bones.

The inner and larger of the two bones of the lower human leg, extending from the knee to the ankle.

The outer and narrower of two bones of the human lower leg, extending from the knee to the ankle.

A corresponding bone in other vertebrates. Also called shinbone.

The corresponding bone in the leg or hind limb of other vertebrates.

The fourth division of an insect's leg, between the femur and the tarsus.

An often ornamented clasp or brooch used in ancient Greece and Rome to fasten clothes.

(Music) An ancient flute.

An ancient kind of brooch used to hold clothing together, similar in function to the modern safety pin.

(anatomy) The inner and usually the larger of the two bones of the leg or hind limb below the knee, the shinbone

(skeleton) The smaller of the two bones in the lower leg.

(entomology) The second segment from the end of an insect's leg, between the femur and tarsus.

A brooch, clasp, or buckle.

(arachnology) The third segment from the end of an arachnid's leg, between the patella and metatarsus.

The outer and usually the smaller of the two bones of the leg, or hind limb, below the knee.

A musical instrument of the flute kind, originally made of the leg bone of an animal.

A needle for sewing up wounds.

The inner, or preaxial, and usually the larger, of the two bones of the leg or hind limb below the knee.

The outer and thinner of the two bones of the human leg between the knee and ankle

The fourth joint of the leg of an insect. See Illust. under Coleoptera, and under Hexapoda.

A musical instrument of the flute kind, originally made of the leg bone of an animal.

The inner and thicker of the two bones of the human leg between the knee and ankle