Anatomy
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Subclass of:
Lower Extremity
Definitions related to foot:
  • Distal portion of the leg upon which one stands and walks; in humans it consists of the tarsus, metatarsus, and phalanges and the tissues encompassing them.
    CRISP Thesaurus
    National Institutes of Health, 2006
  • The distal extremity of the leg in vertebrates, consisting of the tarsus (ANKLE); METATARSUS; phalanges; and the soft tissues surrounding these bones.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2025
  • The entire structure distal to the ankle joint/tarsus, which includes the metatarsus and digit(s).
    CDISC Terminology
    Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC), 2021
  • The structure found below the ankle joint.
    NCI
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • Foot, in anatomy, terminal part of the leg of a land vertebrate, on which the creature stands. In most two-footed and many four-footed animals, the foot consists of all structures below the ankle joint: heel, arch, digits, and contained bones such as tarsals, metatarsals, and phalanges; in mammals...
    Encyclopedia Britannica
    Encyclopedia Britannica, Inc., 2025
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