dorsum of the foot

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• Dorsal interossei of the foot — Dorsal interossei muscles The Interossei dorsales. Left foot. Latin musculi interossei dorsalis pedis Gray s …   Wikipedia

• Dorsal digital veins of the foot — Vein: Dorsal digital veins of the foot Latin venae digitales dorsales pedis Gray s subject #173 671 Drains to dorsal metatarsal veins On the dorsum of the foot the dorsal digital veins receive, in the clefts betwee …   Wikipedia

• dorsum — noun 1. the posterior part of a human (or animal) body from the neck to the end of the spine his back was nicely tanned • Syn: ↑back • Derivationally related forms: ↑dorsal • Hypernyms: ↑body part …   Useful english dictionary

• Dorsum — The back or posterior side of a structure. Dorsum is the Latin word for the back. Something pertaining to the dorsum is dorsal. The dorsal surface of the hand is the back of the hand, the side opposite the palm. The dorsal surface of the foot is… …   Medical dictionary

• Dorsum (biology) — In anatomy, the dorsum is the upper side of animals that typically run, fly, or swim in a horizontal position, and the back side of animals (like humans) that walk upright. In vertebrates the dorsum contains the backbone. The term dorsal refers… …   Wikipedia

• dorsum pedis — [TA] dorsum of foot: the upper surface of the foot; the surface opposite the sole. Called also regio dorsalis pedis [TA alternative] …   Medical dictionary

• Dorsal digital nerves of foot — Nerve: Dorsal digital nerves of foot Nerves of the dorsum of the foot. Latin nervi digitales dorsales pedis Dorsal digital nerves of foot are branches of the intermediate dorsal cutaneous nerve, medial dorsal cutaneous nerve …   Wikipedia

• List of muscles of the human body — Skeletal muscles homo sapiens Muscles of the human body: Overview Head  |  Neck  |&# …   Wikipedia

• instep — The arch, or highest part of the dorsum of the foot. SEE ALSO: tarsus. * * * in·step in .step n the arched middle portion of the human foot in front of the ankle joint esp its upper surface * * * in·step (inґstep) the dorsal part of the arch of… …   Medical dictionary

• Ganglion — The celebrated 2nd century Greek physician Galen ((c. 130 201 A.D.) who lived and worked in Rome first used the word ganglion to denote a nerve complex. Ganglion still is used to refer to an aggregation of nerve cell bodies. Another use of the… …   Medical dictionary

• causalgia —    The term causalgia comes from the Greek words kaiein (to heat, to set on fire) and algos (pain). It was introduced in 1867 by the American neurologist Silas Weir Mitchell (1829 1914) to denote a specific painful condition following injury to… …   Dictionary of Hallucinations