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Feet - About Feet
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Your ankles
The ankle is a mechanical miracle. It is flexible and resilient, serves as a foundation and propels you forward. But ankles can also become swollen, strained or sprained.
Your heels
The heel forms the base of one of the arches that supports the body when you move around. It is also the first point of contact that your foot has with the ground.
Your bones
The foot and the ankle have 26 bones, 33 joints and over 100 ligaments between them. Problems with the foot bones include "flat feet", fractures, metatarsalgia and bonespurs.
Your toenails
Nails, both those on the hands and feet, are the only skin appendages that are not located in the skin itself. There are a few conditions that affect the toenails.
The skin on your feet
The skin on your feet plays an essential role in your mobility. Skin infections, corns and calluses, blisters, warts and fungal infections can really make your life difficult.
Your toes
Without toes you would have great difficulty walking, as the forefoot bears half the body's weight when you walk.
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