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Foot
A human foot - Enlarge to view legend
Latin	pes
Artery	dorsalis pedis, medial plantar, lateral plantar
Nerve	medial plantar, lateral plantar, deep fibular, superficial fibular
MeSH	Foot

The foot is a biological structure found in many animals that is used for locomotion.

Contents 1 Footwear customs 2 Customary measurement 3 Myths 4 Parts of the foot 4.1 Bones 5 Disorders of the feet 6 See also 7 Additional images 8 External links

Customs about foot covering while indoors vary significantly from place to place and usually depend on climate, weather, and other factors:

• In much of Europe and Canada, and in many homes in New Zealand and Australia, it is customary to remove one's shoes or boots when entering a home
• In the United States this custom exists in some regions, but not in others.
• In Japan, the custom is so widespread that floors are often made of materials that are too soft to survive being walked on with shoes.
• In some cultures, bare feet may be considered unsightly or offensive. In Arab countries and in Thailand, it is considered extremely offensive to show someone the sole of your foot, although the practice of not wearing shoes is common, due to various reasons including hot climate and tradition. Bare feet can cause the width of the foot to increase. It can also cause podiatrius malius, where the outer rim of the foot will degenerate.
• The feet are one of the most common places to be tickled on the human body. The soles generally tend to be sensitive to tickling

The feet provide a convenient way to measure short distances on the ground by placing one foot directly in front of the other; this led to the adoption of the foot as a unit of length, even though not all human feet correspond exactly to this measure.

• It is a myth that the Imperial "foot" (= 304.8 mm) is about the length of the average European male foot. The average today is less than 270 mm and 90% of the population is within 20 mm of that. Very few men today have feet that are a "foot" long: most are more than 35 mm shorter. In the past, the average length would have been less. Even the overall length of most shoes remains well short of one "foot". Tradition has it that the Imperial foot was based upon the size of Hercules' foot.

• The belief that a man's foot size is correlated to the size of his penis has been discredited in anthropometric studies [1].

• Heel
• Instep
• Sole
• Ball
• Five toes: big, pointer, middle, ring, pinky toes
• Toenails

• Tarsus
  • Calcaneus
  • Talus
  • Cuboid bone
  • Navicular bone
  • Cuneiform bones
• Metatarsus
  • Metatarsal bones
• Toes
  • Phalanges of the foot

• Athlete's foot
• Bunion
• Callus
• Club foot
• Flat feet
• Morton's Neuroma
• Verruca (plantar wart)

A foot seen from the (lateral view) outside.

• Foot at the Open Directory Project (suggest site)
• American College of Foot and Ankle Surgeons
• American Academy of Podiatric Sports Medicine
• Association of Reflexologists
• Epodiatry
• Foot Health Care
• Anatomical illustrations

v • d • e General anatomy of lower limbs

Buttocks and Thigh: Inguinal ligament - Obturator membrane - Femoral ring - Femoral canal - Femoral sheath - Femoral triangle - Adductor canal - Adductor hiatus - Fascia lata - Saphenous opening - Iliotibial tract - Fascial compartments of thigh (Anterior, Medial, Posterior) Cnemis (anatomic leg): Popliteal fossa - Calf – Shin - Pes anserinus - Fascial compartments of leg (Anterior, Lateral, Posterior) Foot: Heel – Plantar fascia - Toe (Hallux, Fifth toe) - Sole - Achilles tendon - Tarsal tunnel - Retinacula (Peroneal, Inferior extensor, Superior extensor)