TIBIAL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does tibial mean? 

• TIBIAL (adjective)
  The adjective TIBIAL has 1 sense:

1. relating to or located near a tibia

  Familiarity information: TIBIAL used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TIBIAL (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Relating to or located near a tibia

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

tibia (the inner and thicker of the two bones of the human leg between the knee and ankle)

Derivation:

tibia (the inner and thicker of the two bones of the human leg between the knee and ankle)

 Context examples 

An artery on the lateral side of the ankle arising from the anterior tibial artery.

(External Malleolar Artery, NCI Thesaurus)

An arterial branch arising from the anterior tibial artery.

(Anterior Tibial Artery Branch, NCI Thesaurus)

An artery of the dorsal surface of the foot, originating from the anterior tibial artery of the lower leg.

(Dorsalis Pedis Artery, NCI Thesaurus)

An artery arising from the posterior tibial artery that supplies the muscles on the lateral side of the lower leg.

(Peroneal Artery, NCI Thesaurus)

A blood vessel arising from the anterior tibial artery that runs along the medial side of the ankle to supply the ankle joint.

(Internal Malleolar Artery, NCI Thesaurus)

An artery supplying blood to the bottom of the feet and toes that arises from the posterior tibial artery.

(External Plantar Artery, NCI Thesaurus)

This term may refer to the medial plantar nerve or lateral plantar nerve, both of which originate from the tibial nerve.

(Plantar Nerve, NCI Thesaurus)

The anterior tibial artery begins at the lower border of the popliteus muscle and lies along the tibia at the distal part of the leg to surface superficially anterior.

(Murine Posterior Tibial Artery, NCI Thesaurus)

Mutation of the gene is associated with limb girdle muscular dystrophy type 2B, distal myopathy with anterior tibial onset, and Miyoshi myopathy.

(DYSF wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

The vein that runs parallel to the anterior tibial artery and empties into the popliteal vein.

(Anterior Tibial Vein, NCI Thesaurus)