Hand is to palm as foot is to?

1. What is foot palm called?
2. What is palm and sole?
3. What is the hand palm?
4. What are parts of foot called?
5. Which refers to the palm of the hand or soles of the feet?
6. Why is it called the sole of your foot?
7. What is the meaning of soles?
8. What are hands?
9. What do you understand by hand?
10. What is bottom of foot called?
11. What is back of foot called?
12. What is the bend of your foot called?
13. What are hands and feet called?
14. Where is the base of the palm?

What is foot palm called?

25000. Anatomical terminology. The sole is the bottom of the foot. In humans the sole of the foot is anatomically referred to as the plantar aspect.

What is palm and sole?

A system based on prints of the palmar surface of the hand and the plantar surface of the foot. See: dermatoglyphics.

What is the hand palm?

The palm comprises the underside of the human hand. Also known as the broad palm or metacarpus, it consists of the area between the five phalanges (finger bones) and the carpus (wrist joint). ... This allows the hand to grip without the skin sliding out of position.

What are parts of foot called?

The foot is divided into three sections - the forefoot, the midfoot and the hindfoot.

Which refers to the palm of the hand or soles of the feet?

The sole of the foot is referred to as the plantar surface. ... Hence, the plantar surface refers to the sole of the foot. The sole of the foot is like the palm of the hand while the back-side, so to speak, of the foot is known as the dorsal surface, just like the back of the hand.

Why is it called the sole of your foot?

"bottom of the foot" ("technically, the planta, corresponding to the palm of the hand," Century Dictionary), early 14c., from Old French sole, from Vulgar Latin *sola, from Latin solea "sandal, bottom of a shoe; a flatfish," from solum "bottom, ground, foundation, lowest point of a thing" (hence "sole of the foot"), a ...

What is the meaning of soles?

noun. the bottom or under surface of the foot. the corresponding under part of a shoe, boot, or the like, or this part exclusive of the heel. the bottom, under surface, or lower part of anything.

What are hands?

hand, grasping organ at the end of the forelimb of certain vertebrates that exhibits great mobility and flexibility in the digits and in the whole organ. It is made up of the wrist joint, the carpal bones, the metacarpal bones, and the phalanges.

What do you understand by hand?

1. countable noun. Your hands are the parts of your body at the end of your arms. Each hand has four fingers and a thumb.

What is bottom of foot called?

The bottom of the foot is known as the sole. The padded area on the bottom of the foot is known as the plantar aspect.

What is back of foot called?

The two bones that make up the back part of the foot (sometimes referred to as the hindfoot) are the talus and the calcaneus, or heel bone. The talus is connected to the calcaneus at the subtalar joint. The ankle joint allows the foot to bend up and down. The subtalar joint allows the foot to rock from side to side.

What is the bend of your foot called?

Bones and Joints

The two bones that make up the back part of the foot (sometimes referred to as the hindfoot) are the talus and the calcaneus, or heelbone. The talus is connected to the calcaneus at the subtalar joint. The ankle joint allows the foot to bend up and down.

What are hands and feet called?

An extremity is a limb or appendage of the body, particularly the hands and feet. ... The noun extremity also means the outermost point or part — the one that's farthest away.

Where is the base of the palm?

The base of your palm is the meaty part where your hand meets your wrist. Write down the measurement. If the length of your hand is longer than the circumference, use this size in inches over the hand circumference. The number of inches corresponds to the size of the glove.