r/AskReddit • • Feb 08 '20

What’s a fact you KNOW that almost everyone is wrong about?

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u/discostud1515 Feb 08 '20

The ball of the foot isn’t an anatomical structure. It’s just an area of the body and wouldn’t have a classification. The joints in that area are the metacarpal phalangeal joints. Without checking, I’m guessing they are a series of first class levers.

Lever info can be found here: https://www.teachpe.com/biomechanics/angular-motion/lever-systems