metatarsals in English

noun
1
any of the bones of the foot (metatarsus).
Common sites are the tibia, fibula, metatarsals , lumbar spine (pars interarticularis), and the hip (proximal femur).

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1. People sometimes confuse the metaCarpals and Carpals of the hand with the metatarsals and tarsals of the foot

2. 20 The complete coossification of the proximal tarsals with the tibia, and of the distal tarsals and proximal metatarsals, present in Albinykus are previously unknown in Alvarezsauridae.

3. Cursorial carnivorans are characterized by distal elongation of the forelimb (high BI), elongate metacarpals and metatarsals (low MANUS, high PES), smaller humeral and femoral epicondyles (low HEI

4. 2 Children with CTEV have some disarrangement of the metatarsals and the degree of disarrangement is one of the major causes of postoperative forefoot adduction or recurrence of the deformity.

5. 15 Children with CTEV have some disarrangement of the metatarsals and the degree of disarrangement is one of the major causes of postoperative forefoot adduction or recurrence of the deformity.