Tarsus

What do we mean by tarsus?

The section of the vertebrate foot between the leg and the metatarsus. noun

The bones making up this section, especially the seven small bones of the human ankle. noun

A fibrous plate that supports and shapes the edge of the eyelid. noun

The tarsometatarsus. noun

The distal part of the leg of an arthropod, usually divided into segments. noun

In zoology and anatomy, the proximal segment of the pes or foot, corresponding to the carpus of the manus or hand; the collection of bones between the tibia and the metatarsus, entering into the construction of the ankle-joint, and into that part of the foot known in man as the instep. noun

Hence In descriptive ornith., the shank; the part of the leg (properly of the foot) of a bird which extends from the bases of the toes to the first joint above, the principal bone of this section consisting of three metatarsal bones fused together and with distal tarsal bones. See cuts under booted, scutellate, and tarsometatarsus. noun

In entomology: The foot; the terminal segment of any leg, next to and beyond the tibia, consisting of a variable number of joints, usually five, and ending sometimes in a pair of claws like pincers, or in a suckerlike pad, or otherwise. noun

The last joint of a spider's leg, forming, with the preceding joint, or metatarsus, the foot. noun

The small plate of condensed connective tissue along the free border of the upper and lower eyelid. It is burrowed by the Meibomian glands. Also called tarsal cartilage. noun

See the adjectives. noun

The ankle; the bones or cartilages of the part of the foot between the metatarsus and the leg, consisting in man of seven short bones. noun

A plate of dense connective tissue or cartilage in the eyelid of man and many animals; -- called also tarsal cartilage, and tarsal plate. noun

The foot of an insect or a crustacean. It usually consists of form two to five joints. noun

The part of the foot between the tibia and fibula and the metatarsus. noun

Any of the seven bones in this part of the foot. noun

The superior or inferior tarsal muscle of the eyelid, responsible for sympathetic control of the eyelid. noun

The part of the foot between the tibia and fibula and the metatarsus.

Any of the seven bones in this part of the foot.

A plate of dense connective tissue found in each eyelid, attached to either the superior tarsal muscle (in the upper eyelid) or inferior tarsal muscle (lower eyelid), which aid with sympathetic control.

In insects and other arthropods, any of a series of articulations in the true foot; the last joint forming the foot in spiders.

Words that are spelled similarly to tarsus:
tarsus, tarsius, tardus, tarsis, tarus, tartus, tarkus, targus.

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Words that rhyme with tarsus:
catharsis, arsis, narcisse, tarses.

Adjectives that are often used to describe tarsus:
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Nouns that are often described by the adjective tarsus:
short, reticulate, adana, moderate, superior, brown, joint, transverse, length, architecture, antalya, yellow.

Consonant match to tarsus:
tarses.

Words that sound like tarsus:
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