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Animal Structures > Hindlimb > Tarsus, Animal

Preferred term

Tarsus, Animal  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Hock
  • Hocks

Note

  • use for ankle of non-primate vertebrates; tarsal joints of animals does not go here: use TARSAL JOINTS

Scope note

  • The region in the hindlimb of a quadruped, corresponding to the human ANKLE.

History note

  • 1988(1968); for HOCK see HINDLIMB 1975-2001

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D013643

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