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Femur vs Tibia - What's the difference?

femur | tibia |

In anatomy terms the difference between femur and tibia

is that femur is a thighbone while tibia is the inner and usually the larger of the two bones of the leg or hind limb below the knee, the shinbone.

femur

English

(wikipedia femur)

Noun

(en-noun)
  • (anatomy) A thighbone.
  • A segment of the leg of an insect or arachnid.

    • Derived terms

    * femoral

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    tibia

    English

    (wikipedia tibia)

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • (anatomy) The inner and usually the larger of the two bones of the leg or hind limb below the knee, the shinbone
  • (zoology) A segment of an insect's leg.
  • A musical instrument of the flute kind, originally made of the leg bone of an animal.
    • (Webster 1913)

    Synonyms

    * bone flute * shin * shinbone, shin bone

    Derived terms

    * tibial