tibia in dogs

The major preaxial endochondral bone in the posterior zeugopod[Phenoscape]. Every claim on this page comes from the Leumas anatomy graph and carries its source.

What the tibia is

The major preaxial endochondral bone in the posterior zeugopod[Phenoscape]. The atlas records it as a bone at the organ scale in the dog.

Where the tibia is

It sits in the hindlimb, within the skeletal system. Positioned deliberately as part of this species body plan.

What the tibia connects to

The atlas records 34 typed relationships for it, across 8 kinds of connection. part of anatomical structure, anatomical system and appendage, and 9 more.

Supply and innervation

This dataset asserts no arterial supply, venous drainage or innervation for the tibia. Only a minority of structures carry those edges here, so an empty answer means nothing has been recorded — not that there is nothing to record.

Also called

Also recorded as shankbone and shinbone. Searching any of those names reaches this page.

Source

Uberon multi-species anatomy ontology (Mungall et al.), CC BY 4.0. Term UBERON:0000979, version 2026-06-19, retrieved 2026-08-24. Licence: CC-BY-4.0.

• Part of: anatomical structure, anatomical system, appendage, appendage girdle complex, appendicular skeleton and hindlimb, and 6 more.
• A kind of: anatomical structure, hindlimb long bone, hindlimb zeugopod bone, long bone and skeletal element.
• Connected to: talus.
• contains: diaphysis of tibia, distal epiphysis of tibia, epiphysis of tibia, metaphysis of tibia, proximal epiphysis of tibia and tibial plateaux.
• originates from: extensor digitorum longus, flexor digitorum longus, popliteus muscle and tibialis posterior.
• inserts into: gracilis, muscle of posterior compartment of hindlimb stylopod and quadriceps femoris.
• connects: knee joint and stifle joint.
• composed of: bone tissue.

Questions

Where is the tibia?

It sits in the hindlimb, within the skeletal system. Positioned deliberately as part of this species body plan.

What does the tibia connect to?

Part of: anatomical structure, anatomical system, appendage, appendage girdle complex, appendicular skeleton and hindlimb, and 6 more.

Is the tibia the same in other species?

This page describes the dog. The human record of the same structure sits beside it on /compare, over one shared model rather than two atlases built separately.