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The tibia

Landmarks, reliefs, and articulations of the principal weight-bearing bone of the leg.

  • 20 explained questions
  • 16 flashcards
  • 63 estimated course minutes

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What you will learn

  • Orient a tibia and identify its articulations.
  • Describe its shaft, epiphyses, and surface landmarks.
  • Relate tibial reliefs to their insertions and articular surfaces.
  • Relate plateau, shaft, and pilon fractures to articular, soft-tissue, and compartment risks.

Course outline

  1. Landmarks of the tibia

    The tibia is the principal anteromedial bone of the leg, linking knee and ankle.

    8 min

  2. Tibial shaft: surfaces and borders

    The triangular tibial shaft has three surfaces and three borders, including the anterior tibial crest.

    14 min

  3. Proximal epiphysis: plateau and tuberosities

    The proximal end bears the tibial plateau and two tuberosities with articular and insertion landmarks.

    15 min

  4. Distal epiphysis: plafond and medial malleolus

    The distal end joins the leg to the talus and extends medially as the medial malleolus.

    12 min

  5. Clinical implications from plateau to pilon

    Understand how the proximal articular surface, subcutaneous shaft, and distal plafond determine the complications of tibial fractures.

    14 min

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