1) Foot part 2) Skeletal structure
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The metatarsus or metatarsal bones are a group of five long bones in the foot, located between the tarsal bones of the hind- and mid-foot and the phalanges of the toes. Lacking individual names, the metatarsal bones are numbered from the medial side (the side of the great toe): the first, second, third, fourth, and fifth metatarsal (often depicted...
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• (n.) That part of the skeleton of the hind or lower limb between the tarsus and phalanges; metatarse. It consists, in the human foot, of five bones. See Illustration in Appendix.
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Rear pastern.
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The basal segment of the tarsus or foot: usually the largest segment.
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(met″ә-tahr´sәs) the part of the foot between the ankle and the toes, its skeleton being the five bones (metatarsal bones) extending from the tarsus to the phalanges. metatarsus primus varus angulation of the first metatarsal bone toward the midline of the body, producin...
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Met`a·tar'sus noun ;
plural Metatarsi . [ New Latin See
Meta- , and
Tarsus .]
(Anat.) That part of the skeleton of the hind or lower limb between the tarsus and phalanges; metatarse. It consists, in the human foot, of five bones. See
Illustration in Appendix....
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Type: Term Pronunciation: met′ă-tar′sŭs, -sī Definitions: 1. The distal portion of the foot between the instep and the toes, having as its skeleton the five long bones (metatarsal bones) articulating proximally with the cuboid and cuneiform bones and distally with the phalanges.
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Metatarsus: The part of the foot that lies just beyond the tarsus, between the tarsus and the toes. The skeleton of the metatarsus consists of five long bones termed the metatarsals that extend from the tarsus to the phalanges. From the Greek meta-, beyond + tarsos, the tarsus = beyond the tarsus.
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(met;ua-tar;sus) The region of the foot between the ankle and the phalanges that includes the five metatarsal bones.
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The metatarsus are the five long bones which extend between the tarsals of the ankle and the phalanges - that part which is popularly known as the instep. The metatarsus are numbered beginning with that of the large toe. The head of each
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[
n] - the skeleton of the human foot between the toes and the tarsus
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(p1. metatarsi; adj. metatarsal) The sixth segment of the leg, counting from the body.
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noun the skeleton of the human foot between the toes and the tarsus; the corresponding part of the foot in birds or of the hind foot in quadrupeds
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The corresponding part of the hind foot in quadrupeds or of the foot in birds.
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Greek meta = after, and tarsos = ankle; hence, the bones beyond the tarsus, adjective - metatarsal.
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sixth of eight segments of a spider's leg between the tibia and the tarsus; insects do not have this leg part
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