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.

Compare tarsus with other words:

tarsus vs. tibiotarsal

tarsometatarsus vs. tarsus

tarsale vs. tarsus

tarsus vs. tibiale

mesopodialia vs. tarsus

mesopodial vs. tarsus

tarse vs. tarsus

tarsal vs. tarsus

metatarsus vs. tarsus

fibula vs. tarsus

tarsus vs. tibia

centrale vs. tarsus

tarsus vs. thigh