Off side Off side The off side is a particular half of the field in the sport of cricket. From the point of view of a right-handed batsman facing the bowler, it is the right-hand side of the field, or the half of the field in front of the right-handed batsman when he or she assumes the batting stance. The off side consists of the entire half of the field stretching from behind the batsman-end wicket, around third man, square of the wicket on the off side, the covers, and mid/long off, up to the opposite bowler-end wicket and, behind it, the
Arthropod leg Arthropod leg 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, plural "coxae"), "trochanter" (compare trochanter), "femur" (plural "femora"), "tibia" (plural "tibiae"), "tarsus" (plural "tarsi"), "ischium" (plural "ischia"), "metatarsus", "carpus", "dactylus" (meaning finger), "patella" (plural "patellae"). Homologies of leg segments between groups are difficult to prove and are the source of much argument. Some authors posit up to eleven segments per leg for the most recent common ancestor