Tarsus may refer to:
Biology
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Tarsus (skeleton)
In the human body, the tarsus (: tarsi) is a cluster of seven articulating bones in each foot situated between the lower end of the tibia and the fibula of the lower leg and the metatarsus. It is made up of the midfoot (Cuboid bone, cuboid, medi ...
, a cluster of articulating bones in each foot
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Hock (anatomy)
The hock, tarsus or uncommonly gambrel, is the region formed by the tarsal bones connecting the tibia and metatarsus of a digitigrade or unguligrade quadrupedal mammal, such as a horse, cat, or dog. This joint may include articulations be ...
, the region formed by the tarsal bones connecting the tibia and metatarsus of a digitigrade or unguligrade quadrupedal mammal
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Tarsus (eyelids)
The tarsi (: tarsus) or tarsal plates are two comparatively thick, elongated plates of dense connective tissue, about in length for the upper eyelid and 5 mm for the lower eyelid; one is found in each eyelid, and contributes to its form and ...
, elongated plate of dense connective tissue in each eyelid
*The distal segment of an arthropod leg see
Arthropod tarsus
The arthropod leg is a form of jointed appendage of arthropods, usually used for walking. Many of the terms used for arthropod leg segments (called podomeres) are of Latin origin, and may be confused with terms for bones: ''coxa'' (meaning hip, : ...
*The lower leg of a bird, also known as
tarsometatarsus
The tarsometatarsus is a bone that is only found in the lower leg of birds and some non-avian dinosaurs. It is formed from the fusion of several bird bones found in other types of animals, and homologous to the mammalian tarsus (ankle bones) a ...
Places
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Tarsus, Mersin
Tarsus (; Hittite language, Hittite: 𒋫𒅈𒊭 ; ; ; ) is a municipality and Districts of Turkey, district of Mersin Province, Turkey. Its area is 2,029 km2, and its population is 350,732 (2022). It is a historic city, inland from the ...
, ancient and modern city in Turkey (former region of Cilicia)
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Tarsus (West Syriac Diocese) The city of Tarsus was a Syriac Orthodox archdiocese, attested between the seventh and thirteenth centuries. Nearly twenty Syrian Orthodox metropolitans of Tarsus are mentioned either by Michael the Syrian or in other Syriac Orthodox narrative sour ...
, a Syrian Orthodox archdiocese, attested between the seventh and thirteenth centuries
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Tarsus Waterfall
Tarsus Waterfall is located on the northern outskirts of the city of Tarsus, not far from the motorway O.51, in southern Turkey.
Since the construction of the Berdan Dam, the water of the Tarsus River has been distributed in canals for irriga ...
, on the outskirts of the city
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Berdan River
The Berdan (also Baradān or Baradā), the ancient Cydnus (), is a river in Mersin Province, south Turkey. The historical city of Tarsus is on the river and it is therefore sometimes called the Tarsus River. Originally the watercourse passed dir ...
, also known as the Tarsus River, which flows past the city
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Tarsus (Bithynia)
Tarsus or Tarsos () was a town in ancient Bithynia, on the inland road east of Nicomedia. It is mentioned by Stephanus of Byzantium
Stephanus or Stephen of Byzantium (; , ''Stéphanos Byzántios''; centuryAD) was a Byzantine grammarian and the a ...
, a town of ancient Bithynia, now in Turkey
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Tarsus (crater)
Tarsus is an impact crater in the Oxia Palus quadrangle of Mars. It is in diameter and was named by the IAU in 1976 after the city of Tarsus, Turkey.
Tarsus is an example of a crater with layered ejecta, where upper lobes of ejecta, each with ...
, an impact crater on Mars
Other uses
* ''Tarsus'' (1948–1960), a Turkish Maritime Lines ship, formerly the
USS ''Harry Lee''
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