Limb segment that consists of the long bones of the pes. The metatarsals are analogous to the metacarpal bones of the manus. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metatarsus ]
Synonyms: metatarsal bones set ossa metatarsi[I-V] ossa metatarsalia [I-V] posterior metapodial skeleton set of metatarsals [I-V] metatarsals [I-V] set of metatarsal bones skeleton of metatarsus metatarsal skeleton
Term information
- XAO:0003212
- AAO:0000221
- MESH:D008684
- VSAO:0005027
- Wikipedia:Metatarsus
- FMA:71340
Segment of the leg corresponding to the metatarsus, which articulates with the carpals at one end and with the phalanges at the other end.[AAO]
Term relations
- pedal digit metatarsal endochondral element
- subdivision of skeleton
- metapodial skeleton
- proximally connected to some tarsal skeleton
- develops from some pedal digit metatarsal cartilage element
- skeleton of some metatarsus region
- part of some skeleton of pedal digitopodium
- part of some metatarsus region