[tÃ¤râ²sÉs] pl. tarsi. Etymology: Gk, tarsos, flat surface. 1 the flat area of articulation between the foot and the leg or the edge of the eyelid. 2 also called tarsal cartilage, tarsal plate. Any one of the fibrous plates of cartilage about 2.5 cm long that form the eyelids. One tarsal plate shapes and gives solidarity to the edge of each eyelid.
Hydrogen is reduced by elements that are less electronegative to form compounds in which its oxidation number is -1. Properties and Formation of Hydrogen. At room temperature, hydrogen is a colorless, odorless gas with a density only one-fourteenth the density of air. Small quantities of H 2 gas can be prepared in several ways. 1.
Oxygen gas and hydrogen gas are both formed from pairs of oxygen or hydrogen atoms. (Let's call them dioxygen and dihydrogen, to prevent confusion). Water is different. You take 1 oxygen atom and 2 hydrogen atoms, and combine them to make water, whose properties are much different.