tarsal's Usage Examples:

) Lateral digits of both fore and hind feet almost always present, and frequently the lower ends of the metacarpals and the metatarsals as well.

Below the carpal and tarsal joints, the fore and hind limbs correspond almost exactly in structure as well as function.

Causes Tenosynovitis of the tendons in the tarsal tunnel caused by overuse.

There is a tarsal, but no metatarsal gland and tuft.

The middle metacarpals and metatarsals generally confluent, the outer ones (second and fifth) slender but complete, i.

- The families of beetles included by Kolbe in this group are distinguished by the possession of six malpighian tubes, and a great reduction in one or two of the tarsal segments, so that there seem to be only four or three segments in each foot; hence the names Tetramera and Trimera formerly applied to them.

The hind-limb is typically avine, with intertarsal joint, distally reduced fibula, and the three elongated metatarsals which show already considerable anchylosis; reduction of the toes to four, with 2, 3, 4 and 5 phalanges; the hallux is separate, and as usual in recent birds posterior in position.

The third tarsal segment is broad and bi-lobed, and the fourth is so small that the feet seem to be only four-segmented.

First hind toe rudimentary, clawless or absent; its metatarsal bone always present.

The Bruchidae, or seed-beetles, agree with the two preceding families in tarsal structure; the head is largely hidden by the pronotum, and the elytra are short enough to leave the end of the abdomen exposed (fig.

Synonyms:

tarsal bone, bone, tarsus, os,

Antonyms:

boneless, black,