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tarsometatarsus

/tahr-soh-met-uh-tahr-suhs/US // ˌtɑr soʊˌmɛt əˈtɑr səs //UK // (ˌtɑːsəʊˌmɛtəˈtɑːsəs) //

跗跖骨,跗跖关节,跗跖部,跖骨

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural tar·so·met·a·tar·si [tahr-soh-met-uh-tahr-sahy, -see]. /ˌtɑr soʊˌmɛt əˈtɑr saɪ, -si/. Ornithology.

    • : the large bone in the lower leg of a bird with which the toe bones articulate, formed by the fusion of tarsal and metatarsal bones.

Examples

  • The medial metatarsal depression is large; it is on the medial surface of the proximal end of the tarsometatarsus.

  • The lateral branch of the tendon on the tarsometatarsus is not ossified (true also of some legs of Tympanuchus).

  • Proximal end of left tarsometatarsus and the hypotarsus, × 4.

  • About midway down the tarsometatarsus this tendon becomes ossified.

  • The insertion is tendinous on the posterior surface of the hypotarsus and along the posterolateral ridge of the tarsometatarsus.