Word Meanings - TIBIALE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

The bone or cartilage of the tarsus which articulates with the tibia and corresponds to a part of the astragalus in man and most mammals.

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• CARTILAGE
  A translucent, elastic tissue; gristle. Note: Cartilage contains no vessels, and consists of a homogeneous, intercellular matrix, in which there are numerous minute cavities, or capsules, containing protoplasmic cells, the cartilage corpuscul. See
• WHICHEVER; WHICHSOEVER
  Whether one or another; whether one or the other; which; that one which; as, whichever road you take, it will lead you to town.
• TIBIA
  The inner, or preaxial, and usually the larger, of the two bones of the leg or hind limb below the knee.
• WHICH
  the root of hwa who + lic body; hence properly, of what sort or kind; akin to OS. hwilik which, OFries. hwelik, D. welk, G. welch, OHG. welih, hwelih, Icel. hvilikr, Dan. & Sw. hvilken, Goth. hwileiks, 1. Of what sort or kind; what; what a; who.
• TIBIAL
  1. Of or pertaining to a tibia. 2. Of or pertaining to a pipe or flute. Tibial spur , a spine frequently borne on the tibia of insects. See Illust. under Coleoptera.
• TARSUS
  The foot of an insect or a crustacean. It usually consists of form two to five joints. (more info) The ankle; the bones or cartilages of the part of the foot between the metatarsus and the leg, consisting in man of seven short bones. A plate of
• TIBIALE
  The bone or cartilage of the tarsus which articulates with the tibia and corresponds to a part of the astragalus in man and most mammals.
• ASTRAGALUS
  The ankle bone, or hock bone; the bone of the tarsus which articulates with the tibia at the ankle.
• FIBROCARTILAGE
  A kind of cartilage with a fibrous matrix and approaching fibrous connective tissue in structure. -- Fi`bro*car`ti*lag"i*nous, a.
• PRETIBIAL
  Situated in front of the tibia.
• TARSOMETATARSUS
  The large bone next the foot in the leg of a bird. It is formed by the union of the distal part of the tarsus with the metatarsus.
• STIBIAL
  Like, or having the qualities of, antimony; antimonial.
• METATARSUS
  That part of the skeleton of the hind or lower limb between the tarsus and phalanges; metatarse. It consists, in the human foot, of five bones. See Illustration in Appendix.
• STIBIALISM
  Antimonial intoxication or poisoning. Dunglison.
• STIBIATED
  Combined or impregnated with antimony . Stibiated tartar. See Tartar emetic, under Tartar.
• HYPOTARSUS
  A process on the posterior side of the tarsometatarsus of many birds; the calcaneal process. -- Hy`po*tar"sal, a.
• TIBIOTARSUS
  The large bone between the femur and tarsometatarsus in the leg of a bird. It is formed by the union of the proximal part of the tarsus with the tibia.