tibia
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They include a few isolated sauropod teeth, scattered bones likely from a sauropod, and two finds near Knysna: the theropod tooth discovered earlier and part of a tibia.
From Science Daily • Apr. 24, 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
The crash had left her with a complex tibia fracture.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 18, 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
“Furthermore, each leg of mine has seven sections—the coxa, the trochanter, the femur, the patella, the tibia, the metatarsus, and the tarsus.”
From "Charlotte's Web" by E.B. White
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Human Anatomy and Physiology - High School
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Human Anatomy and Physiology - Middle School
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