Definition of Metatarsals. Meaning of Metatarsals. Synonyms of Metatarsals

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Definition of Metatarsals

Metatarsal
Metatarsal Met`a*tar"sal, a. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the metatarsus. -- n. A metatarsal bone.

Meaning of Metatarsals from wikipedia

- third, fourth, fifth, and first. A bovine hind leg has two metatarsals. The five metatarsals are dorsal convex long bones consisting of a shaft or body...
- bones and by far the thickest and strongest of them. Like the four other metatarsals, it can be divided into three parts: base, body and head. The base is...
- congenital short first metatarsal bone, a hypermobile first metatarsal segment, and calluses under the second and third metatarsals. Confusion has arisen...
- can affect the joints and bones of the metatarsals. Metatarsalgia is most often localized to the first metatarsal head – the ball of the foot just behind...
- terrestrial animals, plantigrade locomotion means walking with the toes and metatarsals flat on the ground. It is one of three forms of locomotion adopted by...
- five metatarsals are displaced in the same direction. Lateral displacement may also suggest cuboidal fracture. Isolated: one or two metatarsals are displaced...
- The metatarsophalangeal joints (MTP joints) are the joints between the metatarsal bones of the foot and the proximal bones (proximal phalanges) of the toes...
- space between the two affected metatarsals, immediately behind the bone ends. This pad helps to splay the metatarsal bones and create more space for...
- one in which the proximal part of the middle metatarsal is pinched between the surrounding metatarsals. The trait appears to be highly homoplastic, common...
- in which one or all of the metatarsals are displaced from the tarsus Jones fracture – a fracture of the fifth metatarsal March fracture – a fracture...