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# tibia

«tibia» in Mova's school dictionary: **the shinbone, the bigger and stronger of the two bones in…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (a tibia, tibias or tibiae)

### meaning for a pupil

1) The tibia is the shinbone, the bigger and stronger of the two bones in your lower leg, between your knee and your ankle. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tibia/#m1)

2) In insects, the tibia is one of the sections of the leg. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tibia/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In science lessons about the human skeleton, the tibia is named with the femur (thigh bone), fibula (thin bone beside the tibia) and patella (kneecap). It carries most of the body's weight in the lower leg. Football players wear shin pads to protect it. Phrases: "broken tibia", "tibia and fibula".

### examples

- The tibia is the second longest bone in the body. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tibia/#x1)
- He broke his tibia playing rugby. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tibia/#x2)
- Shin pads protect your tibia during football. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tibia/#x3)
- The fibula is thinner than the tibia. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tibia/#x4)
- You can feel your tibia at the front of your leg. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tibia/#x5)
- The tibia joins the femur at the knee. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tibia/#x6)
- Grasshoppers have long, strong tibias for jumping. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tibia/#x7)

### note

Plural: tibias (common) or tibiae (scientific Latin). Pronounced "TIB-ee-uh". Everyday word: shinbone. The longest bone is the femur, not the tibia.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «tibia» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tibia/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.