(n.) That part of the skeleton of the hind or lower limb between the tarsus and phalanges; metatarse. It consists, in the human foot, of five bones. See Illustration in Appendix.
Example Sentences:
(1) These authors, therefore, conclude that this modified surgical approach is a viable alternative to the previously described procedures for resistant metatarsus adductus.
(2) These functional results justify attempts to maintain weight bearing areas or, at least, the knee, whatever the duration of healing or amputation of a toe or of the metatarsus; in Syme's amputation of the leg, healing requires 2 to 4 months.
(3) One hundred twenty radiographs of the foot were evaluated for hallux abductus angle, lateral talometatarsal angle, and metatarsus primus elevatus position.
(4) The authors describe their operative approach to metatarsus primus adductus deformity when present in conjunction with a congenitally short first metatarsal.
(5) In fact, the diagnosis of metatarsus primus elevatus with associated advancing degenerative joint disease is probably being missed in a significant number of patients.
(6) In 21 clinically adducted feet (48%) the main cause of residual deformity was metatarsus varus alone or metatarsus varus in spite of talonavicular overcorrection; in five feet the cause was talonavicular subluxation.
(7) Many methods of fixation have been used after proximal abductory metatarsal osteotomies for the correction of metatarsus primus varus.
(8) The dilemma of metatarsus adductus was reviewed in this clinically illustrated essay.
(9) injection within the physiologically perfused thigh, the concentrations in the reduced perfused metatarsus still show a convincing tendency to higher values after i.a.
(10) The metatarsus varus, very frequently associated with the hall valgus, means the escape of the first ray from the effect of the transverse intermetatarsal ligament.
(11) The deformity of hallux abducto valgus is often accompanied by the deformity of metatarsus primus varus.
(12) The therapy consisted of an arthrodesis of the midtarsal joints along with a transfer of the tibialis-anterior-tendon to metatarsus V. In all three cases both deformity and pain disappeared.
(13) Skewfoot must be differentiated from metatarsus adductus, metatarsus varus, and metatarsus adductovarus.
(14) Caudal superficial epigastric flaps enabled coverage to the metatarsus.
(15) Metatarsus adductus and medial tibial torsion are common in term infants.
(16) A young man had hereditary sensory radicular neuropathy with relapsing ulcer of the foot and, in addition to previously known clinical features, osteoarthropathy with hallux valgus, metatarsus primus varus, exostosis, and pes planus.
(17) At birth, metatarsus adductus was found to be more frequent in twins than in single infants (41% vs 16%; P less than 0.01), but occurred with equal frequency in single preterm and term infants (16% vs 12%).
(18) The stiffness of the tibia-metatarsus joint of several spider-species was determined for different loading conditions.
(19) This paper reports the stabilization of an open comminuted fracture of the metatarsus of a rare white Arabian oryx using an original Ilisarov-fixator.
(20) Although many papers have been written on metatarsus adductus, few have used radiographic criteria for either the diagnosis of or in determining correction of metatarsus adductus.
Tarsus
Definition:
(n.) 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.
(n.) A plate of dense connective tissue or cartilage in the eyelid of man and many animals; -- called also tarsal cartilage, and tarsal plate.
(n.) The foot of an insect or a crustacean. It usually consists of form two to five joints.
Example Sentences:
(1) The basis for this migration is postulated to be the anatomical relationships of the tarsus, postorbicular fascia, and lower eyelid retractors.
(2) The staining was most often concentrated centrally or in the middle anterior part of the superior tarsus.
(3) In all cases the tarsus was replaced by a strip of dura mater, the eye-lid skin by a free retroauricular graft.
(4) Hard palate mucosa grafts are an excellent replacement for tarsus and conjunctiva in eyelid reconstruction.
(5) Reconstruction of full thickness eyelid defects requires the correction of both posterior lamella (tarsus, conjunctiva) and anterior lamella (skin, muscle).
(6) This article reports the technique and results of a modified operation that uses two silicone rods per upper eyelid and eliminates fixation sutures to tarsus inferiorly and frontalis muscle superiorly.
(7) Attention is called to the necessity of the complete healing of the injuries of the ligaments and to the prevention of the valgus tendency of the tarsus.
(8) These reflex effects should enhance the traction of the tarsus with the ground.
(9) A concurrent infection of the patient's left tarsus was treated by triple arthrodesis.
(10) The attachment to the tarsus of the advanced aponeurosis 2 to 3 mm from the ciliary border gives the surgeon a leeway of approximately 7 to 8 mm to recess in the event of an overcorrection.
(11) The shortened tarsus improves the apposition of the lid aagainst the globe and the tightened orbicularis aids in maintaining this stability.
(12) The use of modified full-thickness grafts is superior to other well-known techniques, especially in cases with defects of the medial half of the lower lid and upper lid defects, up to and including total upper lid loss, even if the tarsus in the grafts is subject to regressive changes and the lashes are usually lost.
(13) The success of the procedure is determined by suture of the tarsus directly to the orbital periosteum.
(14) A nuclear magnetic resonance tomogram of an isolated equine tarsus is presented for comparison method.
(15) A young llama evaluated for bilateral hind limb lameness was found to have cranially rotated tibial tarsal bones as well as bilateral carpus and tarsus valgus and a ventricular septal defect.
(16) A 12-year-old Domestic Shorthair cat with a soft, fluctuant, subcutaneous mass, approximately 5 cm in diameter on the posterior aspect of the left tarsus was diagnosed as having protothecosis.
(17) A synovial cell sarcoma of the tarsus in a 6-year-old dog was treated with doxorubicin HCl and cyclophosphamide.
(18) The temperatures which populations of mechanosensory hairs on the thorax, head and tarsus experienced were measured in freely moving animals.
(19) The authors have observed 135 dislocations of the tarsus in leprosic feet.
(20) Laxity of the tarsus and canthal ligaments benefit from a horizontal lid-shortening procedure.