| metatarsal artery | <anatomy, artery> One of four dorsal or four plantar arteries coursing in relation to the metatarsal bones, each dividing distally into a medial and a lateral digital artery, serving the dorsal or plantar aspects of adjacent sides of two toes. See: dorsal metatarsal artery, plantar metatarsal artery. Synonym: arteria metatarsae. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| metatarsal bone | One of the metatarsal bones; the five long bones numbered I to V beginning with the bone on the medial side forming the skeleton of the anterior portion of the foot, articulating posteriorly with the three cuneiform and the cuboid bones, anteriorly with the five proximal phalanges. Synonym: os metatarsale. (05 Mar 2000) |
| metatarsal bones | The five long bones of the metatarsus articulating with the tarsal bones proximally and the toes (phalanges) distally. (12 Dec 1998) |
| metatarsal reflex | Flexion of the toes on tapping over the cuboid bone; almost identical with Guillain-Barre reflex, and fundamentally similar to Rossolimo's reflex. Synonym: metatarsal reflex. (05 Mar 2000) |
| metatarsalgia | Pain in the forefoot in the region of the heads of the metatarsals. Origin: meta-+ G. Algos, pain (05 Mar 2000) |
| metatarsals | Five cylindrical bones extending from the heel to the toes. (12 Dec 1998) |
| metatarse | <anatomy> Metatarsus. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| metatarsectomy | Excision of the metatarsus. Origin: metarsus + G. Ektome, excision (05 Mar 2000) |
| metatarsophalangeal | Relating to the metatarsal bones and the phalanges; denoting the articulations between them. (05 Mar 2000) |
| metatarsophalangeal articulations | The spheroid synovial joints between the heads of the metatarsals and the bases of the proximal phalanges of the toes. Synonym: articulationes metatarsophalangeae, metatarsophalangeal articulations, MP joints. (05 Mar 2000) |
| metatarsophalangeal joint | The articulation between a metatarsal bone and a phalanx. (12 Dec 1998) |
| metatarsophalangeal joints | The spheroid synovial joints between the heads of the metatarsals and the bases of the proximal phalanges of the toes. Synonym: articulationes metatarsophalangeae, metatarsophalangeal articulations, MP joints. (05 Mar 2000) |
| metatarsus | Origin: NL. See Meta-, and Tarsus. <anatomy> That part of the skeleton of the hind or lower limb between the tarsus and phalanges; metatarse. It consists, in the human foot, of five bones. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| metatarsus adductovarus | Fixed deformity of the foot in which both adductus and varus vectors contribute to the resultant foot posture. (05 Mar 2000) |
| metatarsus adductus | A fixed deformity of the foot in which the forepart of the foot is angled away from the main longitudinal axis of the foot toward the midline; usually congenital in origin. (05 Mar 2000) |