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Your feet have about a quarter of all the bones in your body

Your feet have about a quarter of all the bones in your body

Your feet have about a quarter of all the bones in your body

Each foot packs 26 bones — 52 total — plus dozens of joints and ligaments in a compact chassis for walking and impact.

That is roughly a quarter of the adult skeleton, crammed into two platforms that never clock out.

Engineering under socks. Small bones, big job: balance, spring, and shock absorption all day.

Shahzad Mahota Shahzad Mahota @shahzad-mahota

Your feet have about a quarter of all the bones in your body