Definition of Tibialis muscle

1. Noun. Either of two skeletal muscle in each leg arising from the tibia; provides for movement of the foot.

Exact synonyms: Musculus Tibialis, Tibialis
Generic synonyms: Skeletal Muscle, Striated Muscle
Group relationships: Leg
Specialized synonyms: Tibialis Anterior, Tibialis Anticus, Tibialis Posterior, Tibialis Posticus

Lexicographical Neighbors of Tibialis Muscle

tibial bowing
tibial collateral ligament
tibial communicating nerve
tibial crest
tibial intertendinous bursa
tibial nerve
tibial phenomenon
tibial tuberosity
tibial vein
tibiale
tibiale posticum
tibialgia
tibialis
tibialis anterior
tibialis anticus
tibialis muscle (current term)
tibialis posterior
tibialis posticus
tibias
tibiiform
tibio-
tibio-talar slant
tibiocalcaneal ligament
tibiocalcaneal part of deltoid ligament
tibiocalcanean
tibiofascialis
tibiofemoral
tibiofemoral index
tibiofibula
tibiofibulae

Literary usage of Tibialis muscle

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Alligator and Its Allies by Albert Moore Reese (1915)
"2. to extensor ileo-tibialis muscle. 11. 3. to femoro-tibialis muscle. 13. 4. to ileo-fibularis muscle. ..."

2. The alligator and its allies by Albert Moore Reese (1915)
"2. to extensor ileo-tibialis muscle. 11. 3. to femoro-tibialis muscle. 13. 4. to ileo-fibularis muscle. ..."

3. An Elementary Treatise on Human Anatomy by Joseph Leidy (1889)
"In the leg the long digital flexor lies on the tibia and the posterior tibialis muscle, which it crosses below. Above, it is covered by the soleus, ..."

4. Lang's German-English Dictionary of Terms Used in Medicine and the Allied by Hugo Lang, Milton Kayton Meyers (1913)
"... contraction or shortening of tibialis muscle Schienbein -nerv, m. tibial nerve Schienbein-Oberfläche,/. = -fläche Schienbein-pulsader, /. ..."

5. The Anatomy of the Domestic Fowl by Benjamin Franklyn Kaupp (1918)
"... over the inner and front side of the cutaneous nerve and enter the ilio-femoralis, or gluteus medius, the ambiens and the femoro-tibialis muscle. ..."

6. The Anatomy of the Domestic Fowl by Benjamin Franklyn Kaupp (1918)
"... the ambiens and the femoro-tibialis muscle, from the pl?Vw nerve comes out between the lasttwo lumbo-sacral The s/ springs" obturator nerve springs from ..."

7. The Diseases of Children: A Work for the Practising Physician by Meinhard von Pfaundler, Arthur Schlossmann (1912)
"... the child can lift the toes with the anterior tibialis muscle and try to keep these out of the way of the needle, but the elevation of the outer edge of ..."

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