tarsal bone

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tarsal bone

Any of the seven bones of the tarsus.

tarsal bone

One of the seven bones of the ankle, hind-foot, and midfoot, consisting of the talus, calcaneus, navicular, cuboid, and three cuneiform bones.

tarsal bone

tarsus the bone of the hind limb of

TETRAPODS that articulates with the TIBIA and FIBULA proximally and with the METATARSALS distally. see PENTADACTYL LIMB.

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(7-9) The duplication of cuneiform tarsal bones is also seen.

Treatment of the Mirror Foot with Central Ray Resection: Report of 2 Cases

The largest of three swelling is situated anterio-internally at the level of the inner lip of trochlea of the astragalus and the two smaller swellings located one on the either side of the posterior surface of the hock joint at the junction of the tibial tarsal and fibular tarsal bones. These swellings vary in size in different cases, when pressure is exerted on any of the swellings it will cause an increase in size of other two swellings (Venugopalan, 2009).

Bog spavin and its management in a Kathiawari horse

The calcaneus, the largest of the tarsal bones, is irregularly cuboidal with its long axis inclined distally superolaterally.

Morphometric Measurement and Types of Articular Facets on the Talus and Calcaneus in an Anatolian Population/ Mediciones Morfometricas y Tipos de Facetas Articulares en el Talus y Calcaneo de una Poblacion Anatolia

Pond Neptune was yesterday undergoing a second operation to repair the central tarsal bone in his hock, the shattered bone requiring pinning at five separate points.

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However in younger group less tarsal bone deformity was observed than in older groups.

A prospective study of surgical correction of CTEV by Cincinnati approach

Adjacent tarsal bone shows marrow edema and subtle enhancement on contrast study.

A case report of actinomycotic mycetoma with osteomyelitis of right foot treated with welsh regimen

Patil et al studied 12 CHS of the bones of the feet, of which 4 tumours affected the tarsal bones and the rest involved the short tubular bones.11 Ogose et al reviewed 163 CHS located in the phalangeal, (meta) carpal, and (meta) tarsal bones of the hands (n=88) and feet (n=75) and suggested that these tumours have the potential to be fatal.

Chondrosarcoma of right big toe with metastases to left orbital and left infra temporal region

Bilateral extra tarsal bones in Rubinstein-Taybi syndrome: the fourth cuneiform bones.

Caracterizacion de un Cuneiforme Medial Bipartito: Micro-CT y estudio anatomico

He had bone technetium scan (TC-99), there is intense symmetrical radiotracer uptake seen involving the distal 2/3rd of both femoral bones, whole tibial bones, mid segment of humeral shafts, both ulnar and radial bones as well as tarsal bones bilaterally.

A 36-year-old man with arthralgia and bone pain

(1,3) The preferred sites of radiological involvement include: the phalanges (100%), carpal bones (97.4%), metacarpals (92.5%), feet phalanges (87.2%), metatarsals (84.4%), tarsal bones (84.6%), pelvis (74.4%), femur (74.4%), radius (66.7%), ulna (66.7%), sacrum (58.9%), humerus (28.2%), tibia (20.5%), and fibula (2.8%).

A Case of Generalized Bone Lesion

The cartilaginous tarsal bones are in extreme positions of adduction, inversion and flexion while the talus is severely plantar flexed; its head is wedge-shaped and the neck is plantarly and medially deflected.

MANAGEMENT OF CLUB FOOT BY PONSETI METHOD: OUR EXPERIENCE

But in 2016 I suffered a stress fracture to my left navicular, one the tarsal bones in the ankle.