This long slender  bone is parallel and lateral to the tibia
... or interosseous 
crest, is situated close to the medial side of the preceding, and runs nearly 
parallel... [DOC] [TLE] Tibia - Wikipedia [PAR] The tibia /tbi also known as the shinbone or shankbone, is the larger and 
stronger of the two bones in the leg below the knee in vertebrates (the other 
being the fibula), and it connects the knee with the ankle bones.