Tibia tuberosity of the tibia, a crest to which the patellar ligament attaches in mammals, is instead the point for the tendon of the quadriceps muscle in reptiles, birds, and amphibians, which have no patella. Tibia The tibia (plural tibiae or tibias), also known as the shinbone or shankbone, is the larger, stronger, and anterior (frontal) of the two bones in the leg below the knee in vertebrates (the other being the fibula, behind and to the outside of the tibia), and it connects the knee with the ankle bones. The tibia is found on the medial side of the leg
Falana Falana Falana is a genus of moths of the Noctuidae family. Palpi upturned, where the second joint reaching vertex of the head and third joint long and naked. Antennae bipectinated in a male with short branches. Metathorax with slight tufts. Abdomen with a dorsal tuft on the first segment, keeled below, with pairs of flattened scale-like plates. Femur with scaly tufts at the base. Fore tibia hairy, mid and hind tibia with medial and distal tufts. Fore wings with an acute apex. Outer margin excised below apex and produced to a rounded lobe at center and point at vein 2.