FOOT FACTS · A LITTLE EVERYDAY CURIOSITY
Your next step has a few surprises.
Coffee runs. Dancing. Chasing the dog.
There’s more going on underfoot than you might think.
Three questions. No homework.
Surprise 1 of 3
How many bones are in a typical adult foot?
Take a guess. The reveal is the fun part.
TAKE A CLOSER LOOKBones
26 bones. One foot.
A small space. Quite a collection.
A typical adult foot has 26 bones: seven tarsals, five metatarsals and fourteen toe bones.
Read the source [1] ↗An animated schematic, not an exercise.
Illustration simplified for play. Not an anatomically exact or diagnostic diagram.
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Where these facts come from
- [1] Arthritis Foundation · Anatomy of the Foot
- [2] Cleveland Clinic · Veins: Anatomy and Function
- [3] AAOS OrthoInfo · Anatomy of the plantar fascia
- [4] StatPearls / NCBI · Foot anatomy, corroborating the standard bone count
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