What's the difference between metatarsal and tarsale?
Metatarsal
Definition:
(a.) Of or pertaining to the metatarsus.
(n.) A metatarsal bone.
Example Sentences:
(1) Operative treatment was used 22 times (5 sesamoid fractures, 5 midtibial fractures, 5 metatarsal V base fractures, 3 tarsal navicular fractures, 3 olecranon fractures, and 1 proximal tibial shaft fracture).
(2) That is, the first metatarsal head moves within a stable support comprised of the base of the proximal phalanx, the sesamoids, soft tissue, and muscle tendons.
(3) Considerable spontaneous correction of deformity can be expected in the younger child (under age 10 years), but one should be aware that sagittal plane and rotational malalignment of the metatarsal heads may cause significant problems.
(4) Radiographic manifestations include endosteal sclerosis of the neurocranium with loss of the diploë, osteosclerosis and hyperostosis of the mandible with absence of the normal antegonial notches, endosteal sclerosis of the diaphyses of long bones (including metacarpals and metatarsals), and osteosclerosis of the pelvis.
(5) Therefore, the plantar forces acting under the metatarsal heads of the 1st, 2nd and 5th rays and under the pads of the 1st and 2nd toes were measured during walking, so that with the aid of anthropometric information pertaining to the forefoot, reaction forces in the flexor tendons and in the joints could be estimated.
(6) Both lower limbs were abnormal: the left had a single slender long bone articulating with the foot, which was markedly dorsiflexed and had only 2 toes; on the right the femur was angulated, the fibula was absent, and only 4 metatarsals were present with 4 toes.
(7) In the metatarsal head, cysts were seen in 40 cases.
(8) BMD of the metatarsal, a weight-bearing bone, showed an interaction between amenorrhea and dancing (exercising) P less than 0.035); surprisingly, dancing was associated with a further lowering of bone density.
(9) This article presents a rare case of GCT of the metatarsal bone and discusses the presentation, distinctive characteristics and treatment of this tumor when it occurs in these locations.
(10) The overwhelming majority of literature on this subject evaluates the advantages and disadvantages of various fifth metatarsal osteotomies.
(11) Four stress fractures occurred during preseason training (two fibular, one second metatarsal, and two fourth metatarsal stress fractures).
(12) Cystic fibrosis was noted in the metatarsals on day 14 and in the tibia, fibula and tarsals on day 21 and progressed to become the dominant abnormality by day 35.
(13) The procedure described should be considered when metatarsal length problems arise.
(14) Objective measurement showed that the range of movement of the metatarsophalangeal joint was better maintained after osteotomy, as was the relationship of the sesamoid bones to the head of the first metatarsal.
(15) Results show that peak loading in both groups occurred under the second metatarsal but that the magnitudes of second metatarsal peak pressures were significantly higher in the MFS group (P less than 0.005).
(16) Organ cultures of 15-day embryonic mouse metatarsals cultured in serumless, chemically-defined medium were used to investigate the influence of 1 alpha,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 (1,25(OH)2D3) on calcitonin receptor (CTR) expression in osteoclasts formed from in situ progenitors.
(17) To determine whether calcitonin (CT) might effect maturation of mammalian growth plate cartilage, we administered salmon CT (sCT) to young rats and used the growth plate from the distal metatarsal as our in vivo growth plate model.
(18) Treatment utilized partial proximal phalangeal resection, with and without silicone single-stem implants, extensor hallucis longus tendon transfer to the great toe metatarsal, and interphalangeal joint arthrodesis, or tenodesis of the great toe to correct clawing.
(19) Brachymetatarsia was caused by a congenital defect in two patients, nonunion after metatarsal osteotomy in one patient, and premature physeal closure associated with pin placement across the physis in one patient.
(20) Strain gauge rosettes were bonded to the dorsal, lateral, medial, and plantar aspects of the third metatarsal bone in the hind limbs of 6 ponies.
Tarsale
Definition:
(n.) One of the bones or cartilages of the tarsus; esp., one of the series articulating with the metatarsals.
Example Sentences:
(1) Dysplasia epiphysealis hemimelica - an epiphyseal developmental disturbance of the skeleton - is combined with exostose-like, tumor-simulating cartilaginous hypertrophy of bone tissue, mainly located at the epiphyses of the lower extremities and at the tarsal bones.
(2) Osteopetrosis is diffuse and is associated with important metaphyseal widening as well as epiphyseal irregularities and often carpal and tarsal supernumerary bones.
(3) Operative treatment was used 22 times (5 sesamoid fractures, 5 midtibial fractures, 5 metatarsal V base fractures, 3 tarsal navicular fractures, 3 olecranon fractures, and 1 proximal tibial shaft fracture).
(4) The resulting free anterior tarsal surface must be covered by a free graft to prevent tarsal shrinking.
(5) These two electrophysiological abnormalities are indicative of a focal segmental demyelination as the primary pathological process in tarsal tunnel syndrome.
(6) The integrity of the talocalcaneal joint was maintained by two strong ligaments traversing the tarsal sinus between the two bones.
(7) We describe two patients with different adnexal locations of localized extramedullary plasmacytomas, one under the conjunctiva of the caruncle and the other under the tarsal conjunctiva.
(8) After upward transposition of the anterior lamella, the excised skin is very suitable for covering the free tarsal surface.
(9) Tarsal conjunctivas of 14 normal guinea pigs, 34 infected ones, and 7 control guinea pigs (inoculated with yolk sac only) were excised and tested for peroxidase by the Graham and Karnovsky method (J. Histochem.
(10) A technique enabling simultaneous visualisation of skin and underlying bony structures in the walking horse was used to quantify skin displacements on the lateral surface of carpal, tarsal and fetlock joints.
(11) Cystic fibrosis was noted in the metatarsals on day 14 and in the tibia, fibula and tarsals on day 21 and progressed to become the dominant abnormality by day 35.
(12) The use of a small trephine for chalazion surgery or tarsal biopsy is described.
(13) Tarsal conjunctival MCs were found to be present in increased numbers in the allergic compared to the nonallergic subjects.
(14) To determine whether limping is associated with decreased bone mineralization, the trabecular and integral bone densities (BDs) of 18 Caucasian children exhibiting computed tomographic evidence of tarsal coalition (14 boys, 4 girls, aged 9 years, 5 months to 16 years, 3 months) were compared with those of an age- and sex-matched control group.
(15) Giant papillary conjunctivitis (GPC) is largely a soft contact lens-related syndrome, characterized by the formation of giant papillae on the upper tarsal conjunctiva, itching, excess mucus, erythema, and contact lens intolerance.
(16) In some cases, the addition of a wedge tarsectomy or tarsal strip procedure to a blepharoplasty in association with careful technique and postoperative measures is important in prevention of postblepharoplasty ectropion.
(17) Lower nasal fornix (LNf) and adjacent sites, lower middle fornix (LMf) and lower nasal tarsal (LNt), had the highest mean densities of goblet cells.
(18) Using a carbon dioxide laser, an ellipse of conjunctival-tarsal-inferior muscle tissue was excised from the inner surface of the ectropic lid inferior to the punctum.
(19) A tumor initially presenting as a round cell sarcoma in the proximal tibia of a 42-yr-old male disseminated to involve the femur, multiple tarsal bones, and the lungs.
(20) Anterior tarsal resection was presented in the literature over 50 years ago.