单词 | tarsus |
释义 | tarsus1/ˈtɑːsəs /noun (plural tarsi /ˈtɑːsʌɪ/ /ˈtɑːsiː/) Anatomy 1A group of small bones between the main part of the hindlimb and the metatarsus in terrestrial vertebrates. The seven bones of the human tarsus form the ankle and upper part of the foot. They are the talus, calcaneus, navicular, and cuboid, and the three cuneiform bones.Actually, it turns out that the ferrungulate tarsus is a fairly apt study for the understanding of ankles, assuming that one is apt to study such things at all....
1.1 Zoology The shank or tarsometatarsus of the leg of a bird or reptile.Preserved bones of the tarsus include the astragalus, calcaneum, and medial centrale....
1.2 Zoology The foot or fifth joint of the leg of an insect or other arthropod, typically consisting of several small segments and ending in a claw.Both sexes have a pair of ‘spurs’ on each hind leg where the tibia, or fourth leg segment, joins the tarsus, or foot....
2A thin sheet of fibrous connective tissue which supports the edge of each eyelid.A wedge of skin, orbicularis, and tarsus is removed parallel to the lid margin. OriginLate Middle English: modern Latin, from Greek tarsos 'flat of the foot, the eyelid'. Tarsus2/ˈtɑːsəs /An ancient city in southern Turkey, the capital of Cilicia and the birthplace of St Paul. It is now a market town. |
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