| The tarsalia fuse with the ends of the united metatarsals to make a tarsometatarsus. |
| These narrow straps extend from the bellies of the two deep flexor muscles on the leg and down the back of the tarsometatarsus and attach to the toes. |
| It is the characteristic short, thick tarsometatarsus or tarsus, as the entire region is called and the zygodactylous long, strong toes that enable parrots to climb and manipulate objects so ably. |
| About midway down the tarsometatarsus this tendon becomes ossified. |
| Increased robusticity of owl bones could be seen in the general shape of the tarsometatarsus and its articulation with the tibiotarsus and the phalanges. |
| The insertion is tendinous on the posterior surface of the hypotarsus and along the posterolateral ridge of the tarsometatarsus. |
