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they are connected with the tibia and fibula bones of the leg, and below form the heel and the hinder part of the instep. The metatarsaf | i Zee. > 4 See HUMAN FOOT AND TOE; SIDE VIEW OF BONES. bones are five in number, and belong to the cla of long bones. They are connected posteriorly with the tarsal, and anteriorly with the phalangeal bones. Their anterior ends form the balls of the toes. The first metatarsal bone is the shortest and strongest, while the second is the largest — the others all decreasing in length according to their distance from it. These bones from the anterior portion of the instep. The phalanges, or bones of the toes, are 14 in number, three to each toe, except the great one, which has only two. The upper ones, which are longest and largest, are named the metatarsal; the next, the middle; and the most anterior, the ungual phalanges. The bones of the foot, more particularly those that compose the ~ tarsus and metatarsus, are firmly connected together, so that they are not liable to be displaced; and those parts where they articulate with one another being covered -vith a tolerably thick layer of highly elastic cartilage, they po e a considerable degree of elasticity. They are bound together in various directions, by a number of ligaments. The movements of the foot, which are permitted by the connecting ligaments, are affected by a variety of muscles. The foot is usually so much interfered with in civilized life as to be deprived of much of its beauty, and even of its utility; its movements being impeded by its being z —- © 9 cof 9 me) 9 2 9 a e PP FOOTBALL FIELD AT FOOTBALL FI KICK-OFF. SCRIMMA eonfined in tight-fitting boots, to the ‘ghape of which feet-are made to conform. In arithmetic, a measure of length, consisting of 12 inches, or 36 barleycorns laid end to end. It also expre es surface and solidity. A square foot is the same measure both in length and breadth, containing 12 x 12 =| 144 square or superficial inches. A’ cubic or solid foot is the same measure fn all directions, or 12 inches long, broad and deep, containing 12 ~ 12 12 = 1,728 cubic inches to the solid or cubic foot. As this term is employed in almost all languages as a linear measure, it has doubtle been derived from the jength of the human foot. Though the denomination is the same, the measure itself varies considerably in different countries. As a military term, solliers who march and fight on foot; infantry; as, horse and foot.