tibia

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It was later determined to be a human tibia.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 30, 2026

“Basically, I had a complex tibia fracture. I also fractured my fibular head, my tibial plateau — just kind of everything was in pieces,” she said.

From Salon • Feb. 23, 2026

Plus, the continuing Winter Olympics invite us to channel our inner Lindsey Vonn, minus the torn ACL and shattered tibia.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 12, 2026

US ski star Lindsey Vonn said on Monday she had suffered a "complex tibia fracture" when she crashed in the Winter Olympics downhill and would need "multiple surgeries".

From Barron's • Feb. 9, 2026

“Coxa, trochanter, femur, patella, tibia, metatarsus, and tarsus.”

From "Charlotte's Web" by E.B. White