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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music | 1996 | | Â© The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music 1996, originally published by Oxford University Press 1996. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

tibia. Org. stop, not brilliant but full-toned. Varieties are: tibia major (8′ or 16′ length and pitch); tibia minor (4′ or 8′); tibia plena (8′, loud); tibia profunda (16′); tibia dura (4′, hard in tone); tibia clausa (4′).

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1. The larger of the two bones of the lower hindlimb of terrestrial vertebrates (compare fibula). It articulates with the femur at the knee and with the tarsus at the ankle. The tibia is the major load-bearing bone of the lower leg.

2. The fourth segment of an insect's leg, which is attached to the femur.

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1. In a tetrapod vertebrate, the anterior long bone of the lower hind limb (the ‘shin’ bone).

2. In an insect, the long and often narrow segment of the leg that articulates proximally with the femur and distally with the tarsus. The tibia contains the muscles that control the tarsi. The musculature operating the tibia is found in the femur, and acts through the agency of a tendon.

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