資料來源 : pyDict
踝,踝骨,眼瞼軟骨
資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Tarsus \Tar"sus\, n.; pl. {Tarsi}. [NL., fr. Gr. ? the flat of
the foot, the edge of the eyelid. Cf. 2d {Tarse}.]
1. (Anat.)
(a) The ankle; the bones or cartilages of the part of the
foot between the metatarsus and the leg, consisting in
man of seven short bones.
(b) A plate of dense connective tissue or cartilage in the
eyelid of man and many animals; -- called also {tarsal
cartilage}, and {tarsal plate}.
2. (Zo["o]l.) The foot of an insect or a crustacean. It
usually consists of form two to five joints.
資料來源 : WordNet®
tarsus
n : the part of the foot of a vertebrate between the metatarsus
and the leg; in human beings the bones of the ankle and
heel collectively
[also: {tarsi} (pl)]