metatarsus
Americannoun
noun
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the skeleton of the human foot between the toes and the tarsus, consisting of five long bones
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the corresponding skeletal part in other vertebrates
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Etymology
Origin of metatarsus
From New Latin, dating back to 1670–80; see origin at meta-, tarsus
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The articulations of the bones of the tarsus, and of these with the metatarsus, do not offer any interest with regard to mobility, this being almost wholly absent at that level.
From Artistic Anatomy of Animals by Cuyer, ?douard
The bones of the metatarsus and the phalanges are equal in number to the corresponding bones in the anterior limbs; they are formed on a type analogous to that of these latter.
From Artistic Anatomy of Animals by Cuyer, ?douard
All toes webbed, fourth largest, hallux short; metatarsus laterally compressed; tibia with high, pyramidal crest.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Slice 7 "Bible" to "Bisectrix" by Various
Common examples are in fractures of the metacarpus and metatarsus of the first phalanx.
From Lameness of the Horse Veterinary Practitioners' Series, No. 1 by Lacroix, John Victor
The muzzle is elongated, the claws on the fore-feet are long and curved, the first front toe is very short; the under surface of the metatarsus naked; and the tail shorter than the body, tapering.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 4 "Carnegie Andrew" to "Casus Belli" by Various
Cephalothorax, legs, sternum, mandibles, and palpi whitish; tarsi, and sometimes metatarsi, slightly infuscated; sternum sometimes more yellowish, no markings.
From New West Indian Spiders Bulletin of the AMNH, Vol. XXXIII, Art. XLI, pp. 639-642 by Banks, Nathan
Male: Cephalothorax, palpi, sternum, and most of legs yellowish; abdomen dark brown; metatarsi dark, tibiæ infuscated; mandibles reddish brown; tips of male palpi dark.
From New West Indian Spiders Bulletin of the AMNH, Vol. XXXIII, Art. XLI, pp. 639-642 by Banks, Nathan
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