The toes , normally five per foot, are appendices of the human foot, and more generally of the Primate S. They correspond to the Doigt S of the Main without bearing the same particular names except for the “  small orteil  ” and of the “  large orteil  ” which, contrary to the inch, its counterpart, is not easily opposable to the four others. Scientists met to establish names has each toe. The result is that the true name of the toes is first, second, third, fourth and fifth toe, on the basis of the " large orteil" !

Étymologiquement, the word “toe” derives by popular formation from the Latin word articulus , which also gave “article”.

The toes are made of three phalange S, except the big toe which counts only two of them.

According to the size of the various toes compared to their neighbors the foot is described of Egyptian, Greek or other:

• an Egyptian foot is a foot whose toes are decreasing sizes on the basis of the “  large orteil  ” until the “  small orteil  ”. The total shape of the toes of the Egyptian foot is thus in Biseau.
• a Greek foot is a foot whose second toe, on the basis of the large one, is larger than the others. The total shape of the toes of the Greek foot is thus the triangle.
• When three, even four toes are almost equal length, it is said that it is a square foot or Roman.

See too

• Foot

Fiu-vro: Varvas Simple: Toe