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metatarsal

[ UK /mˌɛtətˈɑːsə‍l/ ]
NOUN
  1. any bone of the foot between the ankle and the toes
ADJECTIVE
  1. of or relating to the metatarsus
    metatarsal bones

How To Use metatarsal In A Sentence

  • Four years ago the country prayed his metatarsal healed in time or all hope would be lost. The Sun
  • In the foot, the fifth toe was reduced to a single metatarsal, and the first toe was reduced and raised off the ground, leaving a functionally tridactyl foot.
  • My foot has wide metatarsals with tapered toes, and no shoe fits.
  • Spadefoots are so-named for the large, keratinous metatarsal tubercles that are internally supported by a well-ossified prehallux, located on the outside edges of their feet.
  • The optimal contact with the foot is at the base of the fifth metatarsal. Times, Sunday Times
  • On inspection, the toes angle abruptly toward the midline, creating a C-shaped lateral foot border with a prominent styloid process of the fifth metatarsal.
  • But he has also suffered three injuries to the fifth metatarsal of his left foot. Times, Sunday Times
  • They arise from the bases and medial sides of the bodies of the third, fourth, and fifth metatarsal bones, and are inserted into the medial sides of the bases of the first phalanges of the same toes, and into the aponeuroses of the tendons of the Extensor digitorum longus. IV. Myology. 8e. The Muscles and Fasciæ of the Foot
  • Patients with long-standing gout may have tophi over the olecranon prominence, first metatarsal joints, or pinnae.
  • An immediate species identification was based on phenotypic traits, including color, spot pattern, and the size and shape of the metatarsal tubercle, but this method is not fully reliable.
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