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Tibia

"Tibia" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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The second longest bone of the skeleton. It is located on the medial side of the lower leg, articulating with the FIBULA laterally, the TALUS distally, and the FEMUR proximally.


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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Tibia" by people in this website by year, and whether "Tibia" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
Bar chart showing 58 publications over 27 distinct years, with a maximum of 4 publications in 2000 and 2010 and 2013 and 2018
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