Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A bone of the metatarsus; one of the metatarsals.
- noun plural The bones of the metatarsus considered collectively.
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Examples
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The Second Metatarsal Bone (os metatarsale II) (Fig. 285).
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The Fourth Metatarsal Bone (os metatarsale IV) (Fig. 287).
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The First Metatarsal Bone (os metatarsale I; metatarsal bone of the great toe) (Fig. 284).
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The Fifth Metatarsal Bone (os metatarsale V) (Fig. 288).
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The Third Metatarsal Bone (os metatarsale III) (Fig. 286).
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