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tarsal bone

NOUN
  1. any bone of the tarsus

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  • The preserved tarsal bones include the astragalus, calcaneum, and fourth and questionable fifth distal tarsals.
  • In some instances the protruding parts assume large proportions, but always, because of the relationship between the fibular tarsal bone (calcaneum) and the tendon sheath, the larger protrusion is situated mesially. Lameness of the Horse Veterinary Practitioners' Series, No. 1
  • It then runs forward on the lateral side of the calcaneus, above the trochlear process and the tendon of the Peronæus longus, and is inserted into the tuberosity at the base of the fifth metatarsal bone, on its lateral side. IV. Myology. 8c. The Muscles and Fasciæ of the Leg
  • He has broken the metatarsal bone alongside big toe, one of five such bones in each foot.
  • It is inserted into the tuberosity of the navicular bone, and gives off fibrous expansions, one of which passes backward to the sustentaculum tali of the calcaneus, others forward and lateralward to the three cuneiforms, the cuboid, and the bases of the second, third, and fourth metatarsal bones. IV. Myology. 8c. The Muscles and Fasciæ of the Leg
  • Extension of the stifle joint would increase the distance between the femoral origin of the gastrocnemius and its insertion to the summit of fibular tarsal bone (calcis) were it not for the gastrocnemius and superficial flexor (perforatus). Lameness of the Horse Veterinary Practitioners' Series, No. 1
  • Wounds on the foot consisted of exposed long extensor tendons and medial cuneiform and navicular bones and first metatarsal bone was exposed along its length up to the first metatarsal phalangeal joint.
  • The major anomalies were an increased frequency of cryptochordism; a decrease/delay in ossification centers of the hyoid, metacarpus, and metatarsal bones; delay in eruption of incisors; and a decrease in body weight.
  • But the pivotal clue comes from the navicular bone, an important tarsal bone that helps form the arch in a modern human foot. ‘Hobbits’ Couldn’t Hustle | Impact Lab
  • —In the second, third, fourth, and fifth toes the phalanges of the first row articulate behind with the metatarsal bones, and in front with the second phalanges, which in their turn articulate with the first and third: the ungual phalanges articulate with the second. II. Osteology. 6d. 3. The Phalanges of the Foot
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