See Also: facies articularis malleoli fibulae(medicine)
facies articularis malleoli tibiae(medicine)
facies articularis(medicine)
facies articularis patellae(medicine)
facies articularis acromii(medicine)
facies articularis sternalis claviculae(medicine)
facies articularis navicularis tali(medicine)
facies articularis inferior tibiae(medicine)
facies articularis inferior atlantis(medicine)
facies articularis fibularis tibiae(medicine)

facies articularis malleoli tibiae (medicine) and antimetabolite (sh)


facies articularis malleoli tibiae (medicine)


facies articularis malleoli tibiae -->
malleolar articular surface of tibia


The articular facet on the lateral surface of the medial malleolus for articulation with the side of the talus; it is continuous with the inferior articular surface of the tibia.

Synonym: facies articularis malleoli tibiae.


antimetabolite (sh)




Substance that competes with, replaces, or inhibits a specific compound within a cell, whose functioning is thereby disrupted.

Because its structure resembles the compound's, it is taken up by the cell, but it does not react in the same way with the enzyme that acts on the usual compound. It may inhibit the enzyme or be converted into an aberrant chemical. Many antimetabolites are useful in treating disease, including sulfa drugs, which disrupt bacterial but not human metabolism for bacterial diseases, and others (e.g., methotrexate, 5-fluorouracil) for various cancers.