Toes are the digits of the foot of a tetrapod. Animal species such as cats that walk on their toes are described as being digitigrade. Humans, and other animals that walk on the soles of their feet, are described as being plantigrade; unguligrade animals are those that walk on hooves at the tips of their toes.
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Toes are the digits, or finger-like segments, that make up the foot of four-legged animals. Different animal species use their toes in different ways when they walk—for example, cats walk on their toes while humans walk on the soles of their feet, and some animals like horses walk on hooves at the tips of their toes.
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Key facts
- Anatomy.Name
- Toes
- Anatomy.Latin
- digiti pedis
- Anatomy.Image
- toes.png
- Anatomy.Caption
- Toes on the human left foot. The innermost toe (left in image), which is normally called the big toe, is the hallux.
- Anatomy.Image2
- Ospied-en.svg
- Anatomy.Caption2
- Bones of the foot (the toe bones are the ones in green, blue and orange)
via Wikipedia infobox
Article
17 sectionsContents
- Structure
- Muscles
- Blood supply
- Nerve supply
- Variation
- Function
- Clinical significance
- Deformity
- In reconstruction
- History
- Etymology
- {{Transliteration|ang|Tā}}
- {{Lang|la|Hallux}}
- Evolution
- Other animals
- See also
- References
Toes are the digits of the foot of a tetrapod. Animal species such as cats that walk on their toes are described as being digitigrade. Humans, and other animals that walk on the soles of their feet, are described as being plantigrade; unguligrade animals are those that walk on hooves at the tips of their toes.
==Structure== thumb|Bones of the right foot. [[Plantar surface.]] thumb|Human toes thumb|A woman's toes decorated with nail polish and [[henna, and wearing a metti (toe ring) on the second toe, for her wedding]]