In the human body, the cuboid bone is one of the seven tarsal bones of the foot.
The tibia, also known as the shinbone or shankbone, is the larger, stronger, and anterior (frontal) of the two bones in the leg below the knee in vertebrates, and it connects the knee with the ankle bones. The tibia is found on the medial side of the leg next to the fibula and closer to the median plane or centre-line. The tibia is connected to the fibula by the interosseous membrane of the leg, forming a type of fibrous joint called a syndesmosis with very little movement. The tibia is named for the flute tibia. It is the second largest bone in the human body next to the femur. The leg bones are the strongest long bones as they support the rest of the body.
The extensor hallucis longus is a thin muscle, situated between the tibialis anterior and the extensor digitorum longus, that functions to extend the big toe and dorsiflects the foot, and assists with foot eversion and inversion.
There are three cuneiform bones in the human foot:
The tibialis posterior is the most central of all the leg muscles, and is located in the deep posterior compartment of the leg.
The tibialis anterior is a muscle in humans that originates in the upper two-thirds of the lateral (outside) surface of the tibia and inserts into the medial cuneiform and first metatarsal bones of the foot. It acts to dorsiflex and invert the foot. This muscle is mostly located near the shin.
The flexor hallucis longus muscle (FHL) is one of the three deep muscles of the posterior compartment of the leg that attaches to the plantar surface of the distal phalanx of the great toe. The other deep muscles are the flexor digitorum longus and tibialis posterior; the tibialis posterior is the most powerful of these deep muscles. All three muscles are innervated by the tibial nerve which comprises half of the sciatic nerve.
The flexor digitorum longus is situated on the tibial side of the leg. At its origin it is thin and pointed, but it gradually increases in size as it descends. This muscle serves to curl the second, third, fourth, and fifth toes.
The extensor digitorum longus is a pennate muscle, situated at the lateral part of the front of the leg.
The inferior extensor retinaculum of the foot is a Y-shaped band placed in front of the ankle-joint, the stem of the Y being attached laterally to the upper surface of the calcaneus, in front of the depression for the interosseous talocalcaneal ligament; it is directed medialward as a double layer, one lamina passing in front of, and the other behind, the tendons of the peroneus tertius and extensor digitorum longus.
The interosseous membrane of the leg extends between the interosseous crests of the tibia and fibula, helps stabilize the Tib-Fib relationship and separates the muscles on the front from those on the back of the leg.
The first metatarsal bone is the bone in the foot just behind the big toe. The first metatarsal bone is the shortest of the metatarsal bones and by far the thickest and strongest of them.
The anterior compartment of the leg is a fascial compartment of the lower limb. It contains muscles that produce dorsiflexion and participate in inversion and eversion of the foot, as well as vascular and nervous elements including the anterior tibial artery and veins, and the deep fibular nerve.
The white-thighed swallow is a species of bird in the family Hirundinidae. Its genus, Neochelidon, is monotypic.
Copelatus tibialis is a species of diving beetle. It is part of the genus Copelatus of the subfamily Copelatinae and the family Dytiscidae.
Brachaciptera is a genus of longhorn beetles of the subfamily Cerambycinae, containing the following species:
Polyrhachis tibialis is a species of ant in the subfamily Formicinae, found in many Asian countries. There are 10 subspecies recognized.
Brachaciptera auricoma is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Lea in 1917. It is known from Australia.
Leuconitocris tibialis is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Kolbe in 1893, originally under the genus Nitocris. It contains the varietas Leuconitocris tibialis var. holoflava.
Gettyia is an extinct genus of avisaurid enantiornithean bird from the Late Cretaceous of North America.
