tarsus

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈtɑː.səs/    美 /ˈtɑɹ.səs/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The part between the main part of the hindlimb and the metatarsus in terrestrial vertebrates.; A group of small bones in this part of the foot. The seven bones of the human tarsus form the ankle and upper part of the foot.
  2. The part between the main part of the hindlimb and the metatarsus in terrestrial vertebrates.; The shank or tarsometatarsus of the leg of a bird or reptile.
    — On the ledge, the guillemots shuffle awkwardly about on their tarsi, the long bone connecting the ‘ankle’ to the feet.
  3. The part between the main part of the hindlimb and the metatarsus in terrestrial vertebrates.; The true foot or the fifth joint of the leg of an insect or other arthropod, typically consisting of several small segments and ending in a claw.
  4. A plate of dense connective tissue found in each eyelid, attached to either the superior tarsal muscle (in the upper eyelid) or inferior tarsal muscle (lower eyelid), which aid with sympathetic control.

词形变化

tarsi plural

词汇关系

衍生词
apicotarsus basitarsus distitarsus epitarsus foretarsus hypotarsus mesotarsus metatarsus pretarsus protarsus tarsal tarsectomy tarsused telotarsus tibiotarsus
相关词
acrotarsium tarsometatarsus

词源

Etymology tree
New Latin tarsusbor.
English tarsus
Borrowed from New Latin tarsus.
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