metatarsus
(met″ă-tar′sŭs )
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The region of the foot between the tarsus (the ankle and its bones) and phalanges (the bones of the toes) that includes the five metatarsal bones.
SEE: foot
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Citation
Venes, Donald, editor. "Metatarsus." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 25th ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2025. Nursing Central, nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/734187/all/metatarsus. 
Metatarsus. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2025. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/734187/all/metatarsus. Accessed November 4, 2025.
Metatarsus. (2025). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary (25th ed.). F.A. Davis Company. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/734187/all/metatarsus
Metatarsus [Internet]. In: Venes DD, editors. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2025. [cited 2025 November 04]. Available from: https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/734187/all/metatarsus.
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