ossa tarsi (English spelling) ossatarsi

Japanese: ossa tarsi(英語表記)ossatarsi
ossa tarsi (English spelling) ossatarsi

… In the anatomical sense, the foot is distinguished by the heel, dorsum of the foot, sole, and five toes. The part supported by the tarsal bones (ossa tarsi) is called the tarsus, and the part supported by the metatarsals is called the midfoot. The toes were distinguished from the fingers of the hand by the kanji character 趾, but in recent years this has been abandoned and the character 趾 is used instead, with the character 趾 being added when necessary.

*Some of the terminology that mentions "ossa tarsi" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

… 解剖学的意味での足は,かかとheel(踵(しよう)部),足背dorsum of the foot(足の甲),足底sole(足の裏),5本の指が区別される。また後述する足根骨ossa tarsiで支えられる部分を足根,中足骨で支えられる部分を中足という。足の指は〈趾〉という漢字を用いて手の指と区別していたが,近年はこれが廃されて指となり,必要なとき〈足の〉を加えることになっている。…

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