Toe

Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]

Overview

Toes on the foot. The innermost toe (bottom-left in image), which is normally called the big toe, is the hallux.

Toes are the digits of the foot of an animal. Many animal species such as cats walk on their toes, and are described as being digitigrade. Humans, and other animals that walk on the soles of their feet, are plantigrade; unguligrade animals are those that walk on hooves at the tips of their toes.

The toes are, from medial to lateral:

• Big toe (hallux)
• Second toe
• Third toe
• Fourth toe
• Little toe

See also

• Ainhum
• Phalanges of the foot
• Finger, for the hand digits
• Hallux
• Morton's toe
• Polydactyly
• Toe cleavage
• Toe tag
• Toe nail
• Webbed toes