Tarsal skeleton

System Musculoskeletal

Tarsal skeleton

Definition

Subdivision of skeleton that consists of endochondral elements distal to the zeugopodial skeletal elements which constitute the proximal region of the posterior autopod skeleton[PHENOSCAPE:ad].

Also known as hind mesopodial skeleton, hind mesopodium, hind mesopodium skeleton, set of tarsal bones, skeletal parts of hind mesopodium, tarsal bones set, tarsalia — per UBERON

The Tarsal skeleton is a part of the Musculoskeletal.

Also identified as