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The human legs are referred to as the lower appendages, lower extremities, or lower limbs.

They are part of what is called the appendicular skeleton and include the bones of the pelvis, the thigh, the leg, and the foot.

The bone that makes up the pelvis in adults is called the OS coxae (which consists of the fused bones of the ilium, ischium, and the pubis). Then there are the bones of what most people consider the leg proper; the femur, patella, tibia, and fibula. The bones of the foot include the talus, calcaneus, cuniforms I,II, &III, cuboid, navicular, metatarsals I-V, and the phalanges of the toes.The big toe, or great toe, also called the hallux, has two phalanges, and the rest of the toes have three bones each. The singular term for one of the bones in the toes is phalanx, but the plural term for more than one is phalanges.

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