The main functional load in ourthe organism belongs to the extremities, especially the distal parts of them (that is, the most remote from the body) - brushes and feet that have a large volume of various small movements. Evolutionally, such a high functional load on the hands and feet caused their development and improvement. In this way, the unique feature of the human body - the thumb opposed to the wrist - was formed in essence. It is this feature that once allowed a person to develop further and evolve. Complexly functional hands and feet have their unique structural features, which allow them to perform a huge variety of functions necessary for life. That is why, from the anatomical point of view, the structure of the human foot, like the structure of the hand, is of great interest.
The peculiarity of the structure of the foot is the presence ofcalled the arch of the foot. The code performs a very important function - it compensates for the pressure on the limbs. It was once formed the uprightness caused the formation of the arch of the foot, in connection with the sharply increased load on the lower limbs.
The structure of the human foot, in fact, isunique, since no animal has the above-mentioned arch. But this is more and more related to physiology and functional loads, as far as the anatomy of the foot itself is concerned, it is represented by ten bones, a large number of ligaments with characteristic names of articulated bone structures and muscles.
The arch of the foot is formed from one transversearch and five longitudinal. Five longitudinal arches move away from the calcaneus and attach to the corresponding rays of the foot. The transverse arch is formed due to a peculiar articulation in the anterior part of the five longitudinal ones.
The structure of the human foot, in particular its arch, inis largely due to the support of ligaments and muscles that do not allow the vault to flatten and help in the cushioning function of the foot. In the case of weakening the forming arches of muscles and ligaments, the arch of the foot can flatten, resulting in the formation of flat feet.
The structure of the human foot has one moredistinctive feature is the abundance of abundant innervation. This, in turn, causes the formation of so-called reflex zones. Reflex zones are nothing more than a crossing of nerve fibers and their neighborhood. This neighborhood determines the bi-directional interaction of completely different nerves. As a result of a cross of nerves from the hands and feet with visceral nerves (those that innervate internal organs) and the corresponding reflex zones of the feet are formed.
Known from ancient times and applied toThe present method of influencing certain points of the reflex zones - acupuncture - has enabled people to exert the necessary action on the sensitive parts of the human body surface to stimulate their work.
Acupuncture of the foot is represented by the correspondingmaps that indicate which foot zone to act on in order to produce the desired result. So, the sole of the right foot is responsible for affecting the organs and parts of the body from the right side, and the left, respectively, for affecting the left half of the body parts.
By affecting the acupuncture points of the sole of the foot,specialists exert the necessary influence on the brain, cerebellum, frontal sinuses, pituitary gland, trigeminal nerve, occiput, ear, nose, eyes, shoulders and even individual muscles. As for the impact on the internal organs, it is possible to act on any of the organs of the human body by means of acupuncture.
