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Show 223 TIBIA Mephitis The tibia is the is the longest bone larger of the two bones of the skeleton. side of the shank and articulates the femur and is distally with the slightly greater than that is also expanded distally tapered and is The proximal condyles The lateral is plane. slightly a concave caudomedialy in the protrudes posteriorly. The is condyle anterior The of the to the anterior into the degree. The shaft is and on dorsocaudally sloping a over articulated, lower than the medial concave, roughened, slightly in triangular the posterior surface highest point the as the intercondyloid but does not concave ligamentum patellae intercondyloid a Posterior and medial t'o a The extend and forward sloping fossa lies anterior and medial to the of the tibia which bears and shape fossa of the femur. intercondyloid It cranially. positioned and extends oval, slightly separated from each other by fossa. lesser center of the bone which is known intercondyloid tuberosity support of the femur. and is When its width Proximally, The facet obtains its eminence. intercondyloid medial larger of condyles condyles medially and the medial the positioned are anteriorly short distance. eminence a on with the proximally astragalus. but to zeugopodium situated The facet of the lateral condyle is condyle. for It is across curved slightly of the semicircular ridge condyles. for the is located anterior and ventral fossa. Posteriorly, the condyles are shallow, depressed intercondylar this, there 'is a 'small disk-shaped |
