Heel

  • For the Polish river see Heel (river).
  • For the German biologist and Meereswissenschafler at ZMT Bremen Sebastian heel see Sebastian heel.

The heel and heel ( n) is the protrusion of the rear part of the foot in mammals. Your contour are obtained by the heel bone ( calcaneus from Latin ) and the overlying adipose tissue and skin. The heel 's approach to the Achilles tendon on both sides of it drops slightly the skin.

The heel of the human foot

Due to the upright posture of man 's heel assumes a more complex function than to form only the lever arm of the Achilles tendon. Therefore, the tarsal bones in humans are very specific formed.

The gait is caused by an interaction of the heel and the forefoot: The middle of the heel is normally in the extension of the axis of the leg. It softens the Foldaway Base (Latin pes valgus ) to the side ( laterally ) and clubfoot ( pes varus Latin ) to the middle ( medially ) from.

When heel spur seen on X-ray bony Ausziehung at the base of the Achilles tendon on the calcaneus or at the origin of the plantar fascia ( fascia of the foot ).

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