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The muscle that performs this motion is the tibialis anterior, located along the front of the shinbone.
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Aubrey Bailey, Verywell Health, 5 June 2025
According to the Mayo Clinic, an ACL injury is a tear or sprain of the anterior cruciate ligament, which connects the thigh bone to the shinbone.
—Brendan Morrow, USA TODAY, 22 July 2024
The tibia, sometimes called the shinbone, is the frontal of the two bones in the lower leg.
—Steve Fryer, Orange County Register, 7 Feb. 2024
Geothermal plants provide 47 percent of Kenya's energy, and production is expected to grow as droughts reduce hydropower sources.
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Human skull and shinbone fossils found in a Laos cave suggest modern humans arrived in mainland Southeast Asia up to 36,000 years earlier than thought.
—Lucy Tu, Scientific American, 9 Sep. 2023
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Aubrey Bailey, Verywell Health, 5 June 2025
According to the Mayo Clinic, an ACL injury is a tear or sprain of the anterior cruciate ligament, which connects the thigh bone to the shinbone.
—Brendan Morrow, USA TODAY, 22 July 2024
The tibia, sometimes called the shinbone, is the frontal of the two bones in the lower leg.
—Steve Fryer, Orange County Register, 7 Feb. 2024
Geothermal plants provide 47 percent of Kenya's energy, and production is expected to grow as droughts reduce hydropower sources.
LAOS
Human skull and shinbone fossils found in a Laos cave suggest modern humans arrived in mainland Southeast Asia up to 36,000 years earlier than thought.
—Lucy Tu, Scientific American, 9 Sep. 2023
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“Shinbone.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shinbone. Accessed 13 Sep. 2025.
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shinbone
noun
shin·bone
ˈshin-ˈbōn 
-ˌbōn
Medical Definition
shinbone
noun
shin·bone
ˈshin-ˈbōn, -ˌbōn
: tibia
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