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tibia
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The major preaxial endochondral bone in the posterior zeugopod[Phenoscape]. [ ]
Term info
Label
tibia
Synonyms
- shankbone
- shinbone
Subsets
uberon_slim, efo_slim, pheno_slim
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external definition
One of the two long bones of endochondral origin of the hind-epipodium; it is a straight, simple bone whose section is more or less rectangular at the ends and circular at its central portion.[AAO]
has obo namespace
uberon
id
UBERON:0000979
Term relations
Subclass of:
- tibia endochondral element
- hindlimb zeugopod bone
- hindlimb long bone
- develops from some tibia cartilage element
- preaxialmost_part_of some hindlimb zeugopod skeleton
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