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Updated: May 15, 2008

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Foot with the forefoot bones outlined and labeled.

Photo © Terence Vanderheiden, D.P.M.
Definition: The area in the front (fore) of the foot. The forefoot includes the five "metatarsal" and the fourteen "phalange" bones and surrounding soft tissues.
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