tarsometatarsus
/tahr-soh-met-uh-tahr-suhs/US // ˌtɑr soʊˌmɛt əˈtɑr səs //UK // (ˌtɑːsəʊˌmɛtəˈtɑːsəs) //
跗跖骨,跗跖关节,跗跖部,跖骨
Definitions
n.名词 noun
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plural tar·so·met·a·tar·si [tahr-soh-met-uh-tahr-sahy, -see]. /ˌtɑr soʊˌmɛt əˈtɑr saɪ, -si/. Ornithology.
- : the large bone in the lower leg of a bird with which the toe bones articulate, formed by the fusion of tarsal and metatarsal bones.
Examples
The medial metatarsal depression is large; it is on the medial surface of the proximal end of the tarsometatarsus.
The lateral branch of the tendon on the tarsometatarsus is not ossified (true also of some legs of Tympanuchus).
Proximal end of left tarsometatarsus and the hypotarsus, × 4.
About midway down the tarsometatarsus this tendon becomes ossified.
The insertion is tendinous on the posterior surface of the hypotarsus and along the posterolateral ridge of the tarsometatarsus.
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