Terms Related to Animal Tarsus

• Tarsus Osseus

  The seven bones which form the tarsus – namely, CALCANEUS; TALUS; cuboid, navicular, and the internal, middle, and external cuneiforms.

• Foot

  The distal extremity of the leg in vertebrates, consisting of the tarsus (ANKLE), METATARSUS, phalanges, and the soft tissues surrounding these bones.

• Tarsus

  The region of the lower limb between the FOOT and the LEG.

• Ankle Bones

  The seven bones which form the tarsus – namely, CALCANEUS; TALUS; cuboid, navicular, and the internal, middle, and external cuneiforms.

• Animal Disease Model

  Animal disease whose pathologic mechanisms are sufficiently similar to those of a different human disease for the animal disease to serve as a model. The …

• Tarsal Bone

  The seven bones which form the tarsus – namely, CALCANEUS; TALUS; cuboid, navicular, and the internal, middle, and external cuneiforms.