tars-, tarso-
(Greek > Latin: ankle, tarsal plate of the eyelid; from Greek tarsos, frame of wickerwork; broad, flat surface, as also in tarsos podos, the flat of the foot, instep of the foot; the edge of the eyelid)
tarsotibial
tarsotomy
tarsus
tibiotarsal
Relating to or pertaining to both the tibia and the tarsus (ankle; the bones or cartilages of the part of the foot between the metatarsus and the leg, consisting in people of seven short bones); such as, the tibiotarsal articulation (junction of two or more bones).
tibiotarsus
The main bone of a bird's lower leg, formed by a fusion of the tibia and some of the bones of the tarsus.
A genus of abelisaurid theropod dinosaur: The "strange tarsus lizar" (or "Abel's lizard") in the category Xenotarsosaurus is from Late Cretaceous Argentina.
The Xenotarsosaurus was named by Argentinian paleontologists Rubén Martinez, Olga Giménez, Rodriguez, and Graciela Bochatey in 1986.
