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Tibia vs Radius - What's the difference?

tibia | radius |

In anatomy terms the difference between tibia and radius

is that tibia is the inner and usually the larger of the two bones of the leg or hind limb below the knee, the shinbone while radius is the long bone in the forearm, on the side of the thumb.

In zoology terms the difference between tibia and radius

is that tibia is a segment of an insect's leg while radius is the lighter bone (or fused portion of bone) in the forelimb of an animal.

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  • A musical instrument of the flute kind, originally made of the leg bone of an animal.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

    radius

    English

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • (anatomy) The long bone in the forearm, on the side of the thumb.
  • (zoology) The lighter bone (or fused portion of bone) in the forelimb of an animal.
  • (entomology) One of the major veins of the insect wing, between the subcosta and the media
  • (geometry) A line segment between any point on the circumference of a circle and its center/centre.
  • (geometry) The length of this line segment.

    • Synonyms

    * (vein of insect wing) R

    Related terms

    * radial * radiate, radiation

    See also

    * ulna * semidiameter *

    Anagrams

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