Tarsus

Tarsus may refer to:

Biology

• Tarsus (skeleton), a cluster of articulating bones in each foot
• Hock (anatomy), the region formed by the tarsal bones connecting the tibia and metatarsus of a digitigrade or unguligrade quadrupedal mammal
• Tarsus (eyelids), elongated plate of dense connective tissue in each eyelid
• The distal segment of an arthropod leg

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• The lower leg of a bird, also known as tarsometatarsus

Places

• Tarsus, Mersin, ancient and modern city in Turkey (former region of Cilicia)
• Tarsus (West Syriac Diocese), a Syrian Orthodox archdiocese, attested between the seventh and thirteenth centuries
• Tarsus Waterfall, on the outskirts of the city
• Berdan River, also known as the Tarsus River, which flows past the city
• Tarsus (Bithynia), a town of ancient Bithynia, now in Turkey
• Tarsus (crater), an impact crater on Mars

Other uses

• Tarsus (1948–1960), a Turkish Maritime Lines ship, formerly the USS Harry Lee