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.
Defn: The foot joint; in birds, the joint between the metatarsus and the toes.
Soles of fore-feet and terminal portion of those of hind-pair naked; under surface of metatarsus clothed with hair.
The thoracic vertebrae number 13; the feet are digitigrade, with five front and four hind toes, of which the claws are retractile; and the metatarsus is haired all round.
Under side of themetatarsus with a narrow longitudinal bald streak.
One Metatarsus and Foot was removed from each skeleton, as it had been accidentally lost in two cases.
In the bones of the extremities I could detect no difference, except in their proportional lengths; for instance, the metatarsus in a Pouter was 1.
This was done in jumping, and the extensor tendon of each leg was ruptured and the anterior portion of the metatarsus was protruding through the skin.
Common examples are in fractures of the metacarpus and metatarsus of the first phalanx.
Hind metatarsus shorter or not longer than the following (i.
Female with two or three stout orbital setae; the hind metatarsus of the male thickened below at the base and penicillate.
The foot joint; in birds, the joint between the metatarsus and the toes.
A striking character is that in the genus Aepyornis the proximal extremity of the tarso-metatarsus is larger than the distal extremity, a feature not found in the majority of other birds.
Indeed, judging from the slenderness of the metatarsus and femur and the slight degree of inflection of the lower end of the long tibia, it seems probable that this bird was ill adapted for swimming, though a good runner.
The tarso-metatarsus is remarkable on account of the great enlargement of the distal extremity, and of which the digital articular attachments are extremely large.
As implied by its name, this is the smallest species of Pachyornis, the tarso-metatarsus only measuring 6 inches in length.
Nevertheless, the tarso-metatarsus presents all the characters {112} of Ardea, and is far removed from that of Botaurus.
The tarso-metatarsus is still shorter and wider than in Emeus, the width at the middle of the shaft being usually rather more than one third of the length.
The tarso-metatarsus is either long and slender or short and wide, and its anterior surface may or may not be grooved.
They state that the relative length of the tibia to the metatarsus is very constant and characteristic of the various families and genera of owls.
The tibio-tarsus and tarso-metatarsus are relatively shorter and thicker than in Anomalopteryx, but less stout than in Pachyornis; the distal extremity of the tibio-tarsus is not inflected.
Has the hinder part ofmetatarsus bald and callous.
In the bones of the extremities I could detect no difference, except in their proportional lengths; for instance, the metatarsus in a pouter was 1.
The bones of the metatarsus and the phalanges are equal in number to the corresponding bones in the anterior limbs; they are formed on a type analogous to that of these latter.
The metatarsus is represented by a principal metatarsal, formed by the coalescence of two metatarsals; we also find in this region a very small rudimentary metatarsal.
As for the articulations of the metatarsus with the phalanges, and of the phalanges with one another, they resemble those of the anterior limb too closely that it should be necessary to study them here.
The portion which corresponds to that which is fleshy in the horse arises from the tibia; below, it ends on the inner surface of the superior extremity of the metatarsus and the cuneiform bones.
The length of the tarso-metatarsus is less than half that of the tibio-tarsus.
Allied to Aquila, from which it is distinguished by the ulna being relatively shorter and the tarso-metatarsus stouter.
Milne-Edwards gives the measurements of the solitary tarso-metatarsus of this bird which he had for examination as follows:-- Total length 80 mm.
The tibio-tarsus is almost invariably 35 inches in length, while the tarso-metatarsus varies from 17.
The broad, flat planta (metatarsus or proximal tarsal segment of the hind leg) is marked on its inner surface by several rows of stiff, distally directed spines which form the pollen combs.
These and other considerations lead Sladen to think that, in the case of the bumblebee at least, the pollen "may be moistened on the hind metatarsus with the tongue.
In the young of many birds the row of tarsal bones at the proximal end of the metatarsus comes away, and there is a partial division between the metatarsal bones, though they remain united in the middle.
In the fore limb of the Pterodactyle the metacarpus has the same relation to the bones of the fore-arm that the metatarsus has to the corresponding bones of the leg in a bird.
The fourth metatarsusis curved in on the outer side, where the calamistrum is placed.
The metatarsus of the fourth legs has the calamistrum more distinct than in others of the family, and the metatarsus appears thicker up and down than it is sidewise.
The tibiae of the first and second legs are a little thickened in the middle and have four pairs of spines on the under side, and the metatarsus of the same legs eight pairs.
The legs have the joints light in the middle and black at the ends, except the first leg, which sometimes has the tarsus and metatarsus white, and the rest of the leg dark brown.
The legs are longer and more slender, with the metatarsus of the second pair curved inward, and a long forked spine on the inside of the tibia of the same legs.
The legs are long and slender, except the tibia and metatarsus of the first and second pairs, which are twice as thick as the same joints of the other legs and have on the under side two rows of strong spines (fig.
The legs are slender and tapering, the tarsus and metatarsus not more than half as thick as the tibia.
The male has the legs longer, particularly the first pair, of which the tibia and metatarsus are more elongated than the other joints, and have many small spines on the under side.
The pes includes four digits, and consists of the tarso-metatarsus and the phalanges.
The toes and tarso-metatarsus are usually featherless and are covered either with granular structures or with well-formed scales.
In Gallinaceous birds the tarso-metatarsus bears a bony outgrowth which is sheathed in horn and forms a spur.
It is distinguished from Viverra by the presence of two bare spots on the under surface of the metatarsus in the hind-limb, and by the absence of a scent pouch.
The bones of the carpus, tarsus, metacarpus and metatarsus are all free; the toes are four to two in number on each foot.
The metatarsus is bald, and the pollex and hallux are very well developed.
The Suricate has but four toes on each foot; the tarsus and the metatarsus are naked below.
In short, the surgeon who amputates above the ankle, for disease or injury not extending to the articulation of the metatarsus with the tarsus, is guilty of a serious error.
As just stated, the hypotarsus of the tarso-metatarsus in Meleagris celer of Marsh is three-crested, and the tendinal grooves pass between them.
The general facies of the fossil is quite different from that part of the tarso-metatarsus in an existing wild turkey, and to me it does not seem to have come from the skeleton of the pelvic limb of a meleagrine fowl at all.
The specimen is the imperfect, proximal moiety of the left tarso-metatarsus of a rather large bird.
The hypotarsus of the tarso-metatarsus is grooved mesially for the passage of tendons behind, and is also once perforated near its middle for the same purpose.
Anterior aspect of the proximal moiety of the left tarso-metatarsus of Meleagris celer of Marsh.
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