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Foot and Leg

Shortcuts: Differences, Similarities, Jaccard Similarity Coefficient, References.

Difference between Foot and Leg

Foot vs. Leg

The foot (plural feet) is an anatomical structure found in many vertebrates. A leg is a weight bearing and locomotive anatomical structure, usually having a columnar shape.

Similarities between Foot and Leg

Foot and Leg have 9 things in common (in Unionpedia): Anatomy, Animal locomotion, Ankle, Bone, Hip, Knee, Ligament, Muscle, Tendon.

Anatomy

Anatomy (Greek anatomē, “dissection”) is the branch of biology concerned with the study of the structure of organisms and their parts.

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Animal locomotion

Animal locomotion, in ethology, is any of a variety of movements or methods that animals use to move from one place to another.

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Ankle

The ankle, or the talocrural region, is the region where the foot and the leg meet.

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Bone

A bone is a rigid organ that constitutes part of the vertebrate skeleton.

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Hip

In vertebrate anatomy, hip (or "coxa"Latin coxa was used by Celsus in the sense "hip", but by Pliny the Elder in the sense "hip bone" (Diab, p 77) in medical terminology) refers to either an anatomical region or a joint.

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Knee

The knee joins the thigh with the leg and consists of two joints: one between the femur and tibia (tibiofemoral joint), and one between the femur and patella (patellofemoral joint).

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Ligament

A ligament is the fibrous connective tissue that connects bones to other bones.

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Muscle

Muscle is a soft tissue found in most animals.

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Tendon

A tendon or sinew is a tough band of fibrous connective tissue that usually connects muscle to bone and is capable of withstanding tension.

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Foot and Leg Comparison

Foot has 131 relations, while Leg has 38. As they have in common 9, the Jaccard index is 5.33% = 9 / (131 + 38).

References

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