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Movements at the subtalar joint, between the talus and calcaneus bones, combined with motions at other intertarsal joints, enables eversion/inversion movements of the foot.

From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013

Gliding motions at the subtalar and intertarsal joints of the foot allow for inversion/eversion of the foot.

From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013

In this way the intertarsal joints are not interfered with, and the cartilaginous tarsus can be moulded so that when ossification is completed the bones differ but little from the normal.

From Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. by Miles, Alexander

Consequently the ankle-joint of birds is absolutely cruro-tarsal and tarso-metatarsal, i.e. intertarsal, an arrangement absolutely diagnostic of birds if it did not also occur in some of the Dinosaurs.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Slice 7 "Bible" to "Bisectrix" by Various

The tarsal ganglion is situated on the dorsum of the foot over one or other of the intertarsal joints.

From Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. by Thomson, Alexis