METATARSAL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does metatarsal mean? 

• METATARSAL (noun)
  The noun METATARSAL has 1 sense:

1. any bone of the foot between the ankle and the toes

  Familiarity information: METATARSAL used as a noun is very rare.

• METATARSAL (adjective)
  The adjective METATARSAL has 1 sense:

1. of or relating to the metatarsus

  Familiarity information: METATARSAL used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• METATARSAL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any bone of the foot between the ankle and the toes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("metatarsal" is a kind of...):

bone; os (rigid connective tissue that makes up the skeleton of vertebrates)

Holonyms ("metatarsal" is a part of...):

metatarsus (the skeleton of the human foot between the toes and the tarsus; the corresponding part of the foot in birds or of the hind foot in quadrupeds)

• METATARSAL (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to the metatarsus

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Context example:

metatarsal bones

Pertainym:

metatarsus (the skeleton of the human foot between the toes and the tarsus; the corresponding part of the foot in birds or of the hind foot in quadrupeds)

Derivation:

metatarsus (the skeleton of the human foot between the toes and the tarsus; the corresponding part of the foot in birds or of the hind foot in quadrupeds)

 Context examples 

A condyloid synovial joint within the second digit of the foot connecting metatarsal with the proximal phalanx.

(Metatarsophalangeal Joint 2, NCI Thesaurus)

A condyloid synovial joint within the first digit of the foot connecting metatarsal with the proximal phalanx.

(Metatarsophalangeal Joint 1, NCI Thesaurus)

A condyloid synovial joint within the third digit of the foot connecting metatarsal with the proximal phalanx.

(Metatarsophalangeal Joint 3, NCI Thesaurus)

A condyloid synovial joint within the fourth digit of the foot connecting metatarsal with the proximal phalanx.

(Metatarsophalangeal Joint 4, NCI Thesaurus)

Any of the four arteries that arise from the dorsalis pedis artery that extend on the underside of the metatarsal bones in the foot.

(Plantar Metatarsal Artery, NCI Thesaurus)

A spheroid joint located between the heads of the metatarsal bone and the base of the proximal phalanx of the toe.

(Metatarsophalangeal Joint, NCI Thesaurus)

There are 5 metatarsal bones and they are numbered from the medial side.

(Metatarsal Bone, NCI Thesaurus)

A condyloid synovial joint within the fifth digit of the foot connecting metatarsal with the proximal phalanx.

(Metatarsophalangeal Joint 5, NCI Thesaurus)

A bone on the lateral side of the tarsus between the calcaneus and the fourth and fifth metatarsal bones.

(Cuboid Bone, NCI Thesaurus)

Two sets of interossei muscles (dorsal and plantar) that run along the metatarsal bones in the foot controlling the movement of the toes.

(Foot Interosseous Muscle, NCI Thesaurus)