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Pes :: Pes (n.) The distal segment of the hind limb of vertebrates, including the tarsus and foot..

Tarsale :: Tarsale (n.) One of the bones or cartilages of the tarsus; esp., one of the series articulating with the metatarsals..

Tarsi :: Tarsi (n.) pl. of Tarsus.

Phalanx :: Phalanx (n.) One of the digital bones of the hand or foot, beyond the metacarpus or metatarsus; an internode..

Tarsus :: Tarsus (n.) A plate of dense connective tissue or cartilage in the eyelid of man and many animals; -- called also tarsal cartilage, and tarsal plate..

Tarsus :: Tarsus (n.) The foot of an insect or a crustacean. It usually consists of form two to five joints.

Hypotarsus :: Hypotarsus (n.) A process on the posterior side of the tarsometatarsus of many birds; the calcaneal process.

Hough :: Hough (n.) The joint in the hind limb of quadrupeds between the leg and shank, or tibia and tarsus, and corresponding to the ankle in man..

Drumstick :: Drumstick (n.) Anything resembling a drumstick in form, as the tibiotarsus, or second joint, of the leg of a fowl..

Tibiotarsus :: Tibiotarsus (n.) The large bone between the femur and tarsometatarsus in the leg of a bird. It is formed by the union of the proximal part of the tarsus with the tibia.

Intermedium :: Intermedium (n.) The bone or cartilage between the radiale and ulnare in the carpus, and between the tibiale and fibulare in the tarsus. It corresponds to the lunar in the carpus, and to a part of the astragalus in the tarsus of man and most mammals..

Entocuniform :: Entocuniform (n.) One of the bones of the tarsus. See Cuneiform.

Metatarsus :: Metatarsus (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..

Metatarsal :: Metatarsal (a.) Of or pertaining to the metatarsus.

Tarsectomy :: Tarsectomy (n.) The operation of excising one or more of the bones of the tarsus.

Astragalus :: Astragalus (n.) The ankle bone, or hock bone; the bone of the tarsus which articulates with the tibia at the ankle..

Centrale :: Centrale (n.) The central, or one of the central, bones of the carpus or or tarsus. In the tarsus of man it is represented by the navicular..

Tibiale :: Tibiale (n.) The bone or cartilage of the tarsus which articulates with the tibia and corresponds to a part of the astragalus in man and most mammals.

Mesocuniform :: Mesocuniform (n.) One of the bones of the tarsus. See 2d Cuneiform.

Tibio- :: Tibio- () A combining form used in anatomy to indicate connection with, or relation to, the tibia; as, tibiotarsus, tibiofibular..

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