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It stretches across and attaches to the iliotibial tract, a band of fibrous tissue extending from the ilium to the tibia (shinbone), and to the upper portion of the femur (thighbone).
Iliotibial band syndrome (ITBS), also called IT band syndrome or iliotibial band friction syndrome (ITBFS), inflammation of the band of fibrous tissue known as the iliotibial band (or tract), which extends from the ilium of the hip to the tibia (shinbone).
Examples of isolated abnormalities are partial or total absence of the collarbone, the radius (the long bone on the thumb side of the forearm), and the thighbone; congenital false joint in the shinbone (tibia); and absence of a middle segment of a limb (phocomelia).
In the foot are the flexor digitorum longus and flexor digitorum brevis, originating at the tibia (shinbone) and calcaneus (heel bone), respectively, and acting upon the four smaller toes.
The latter joint is simplified, there being but two bones involved: the tibiotarsus, consisting of the tibia (the so-called shinbone in man) fused with the three upper ankle bones (proximal tarsals), and the tarsometatarsus, resulting from the fusion of metatarsals I through IV and the distal row of tarsals.
The bones of the human leg, like those of other mammals, consist of a basal segment, the femur (thighbone); an intermediate segment, the tibia (shinbone) and the smaller fibula; and a distal segment, the pes (foot), consisting of tarsals, metatarsals, and phalanges (toes).
Seydou Keita and Maxwell added another two in the second half to complete a comprehensive win, but it was not all good news for the Catalans with Villa, who had been linked with a move away from the Nou Camp next month, taken off in the first half after suffering a fractured shinbone in his left leg.
In a Ruokangas, it's made from the shinbone of a wild moose.
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Additionally, Brooks collaborated on the librettos for the musicals Shinbone Alley (1957) and All American (1962).
Shinbone Alley branches off Bleeker Street, makes a right-angle turn, and Joines Lafayette, between Bleeker and Bond Streets.
It was the scene of a mystery thirller, "Murder in Shinbone Alley," by Helen Reilly Meyer Bergerr mentioned it in his Time s column, and "The Villager" got on the bandwagon with an article explaining the quaint name.
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