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n. The section of the vertebrate foot between the leg and the metatarsus.

n. The bones making up this section, especially the seven small bones of the human ankle.

n. A fibrous plate that supports and shapes the edge of the eyelid. Also called tarsal plate.

n. Zoology The tarsometatarsus.

n. Zoology The distal part of the leg of an arthropod, usually divided into segments.

n. The part of the foot between the tibia and fibula and the metatarsus.

n. Any of the seven bones in this part of the foot.

n. The superior or inferior tarsal muscle of the eyelid, responsible for sympathetic control of the eyelid.

n. In insects and other arthropods, any of a series of articulations in the true foot; the last joint forming the foot in spiders.

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n. The ankle; the bones or cartilages of the part of the foot between the metatarsus and the leg, consisting in man of seven short bones.

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

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

n. In zoology and anatomy, the proximal segment of the pes or foot, corresponding to the carpus of the manus or hand; the collection of bones between the tibia and the metatarsus, entering into the construction of the ankle-joint, and into that part of the foot known in man as the instep.

n. Hence In descriptive ornith., the shank; the part of the leg (properly of the foot) of a bird which extends from the bases of the toes to the first joint above, the principal bone of this section consisting of three metatarsal bones fused together and with distal tarsal bones. See cuts under booted, scutellate, and tarsometatarsus.

n. In entomology: The foot; the terminal segment of any leg, next to and beyond the tibia, consisting of a variable number of joints, usually five, and ending sometimes in a pair of claws like pincers, or in a suckerlike pad, or otherwise.

n. The last joint of a spider's leg, forming, with the preceding joint, or metatarsus, the foot.

n. The small plate of condensed connective tissue along the free border of the upper and lower eyelid. It is burrowed by the Meibomian glands. Also called tarsal cartilage.

n. See the adjectives.

n. the part of the foot of a vertebrate between the metatarsus and the leg; in human beings the bones of the ankle and heel collectively

"The long bone referred to -- called the tarsus -- corresponds to the instep of the human foot, that is, the foot proper, while the joint which extends backward, forming an angle with the next large bone, is really the bird's heel."

skeletal structure   

enlarged tarsi    tensor tarsi   

tarsi    tarsal cartilage    tarsal plate   

tarsal bone    tarsal   

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metacarpus    carpus    tick-tick    pastern    turned-in    tibia    humerus    fingerlike    spy    T-bar