Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Pertaining to the tarsus and the metatarsus.
- Resulting from combination of tarsal and metatarsal bones, as a single compound bone; having parts of the tarsus combined with itself, as a metatarsus; of or pertaining to the tarsometatarsus. See cuts under
metatarsus and tarsometatarsus. - noun The tarsometatarsal bone, or tarsometatarsus.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Of or pertaining to both the tarsus and metatarsus.
- adjective Of or pertaining to the tarsometatarsus.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective anatomy Of or pertaining to both the
tarsus andmetatarsus . - adjective anatomy Of or pertaining to the
tarsometatarsus .
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Examples
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Its proximal articular surface is of large size and kidney-shaped; its circumference is grooved, for the tarsometatarsal ligaments, and medially gives insertion to part of the tendon of the Tibialis anterior; its plantar angle presents a rough oval prominence for the insertion of the tendon of the Peronæus longus.
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The intertarsal and tarsometatarsal joints are supplied by the deep peroneal nerve.
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Oblique section of left intertarsal and tarsometatarsal articulations, showing the synovial cavities.
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The first tarsometatarsal joint corresponds to a groove which can be felt by making firm pressure on the medial border of the foot 2.5 cm. in front of the tuberosity of the navicular bone; the position of the second tarsometatarsal joint is 1.25 cm. behind this.
XII. Surface Anatomy and Surface Markings. 14. Surface Markings of the Lower Extremity 1918
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The lines of the fourth and third tarsometatarsal joints are less oblique.
XII. Surface Anatomy and Surface Markings. 14. Surface Markings of the Lower Extremity 1918
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The line of the fifth tarsometatarsal joint is very oblique; it starts from the projection of the base of the fifth metatarsal bone, and if continued would pass through the head of the first metatarsal.
XII. Surface Anatomy and Surface Markings. 14. Surface Markings of the Lower Extremity 1918
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Bramlage said he will stick with injecting both after reviewing a study of the concentrations of methylprednisolone in the centrodistal joint after giving methylprednisolone acetate (MPA) in the tarsometatarsal joint.
TheHorse.com News 2009
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360 Oblique section of left intertarsal and tarsometatarsal articulations, showing the synovial cavities.
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