toe toe toes are the digits (fingers) of the foot of a tetrapod. animal species such as cats that walk on their toes are described as being digitigrade. humans, and other animals that walk on the soles of their feet, are described as being plantigrade; unguligrade animals are those that walk on hooves at the tips of their toes. toestoes on the human left foot. the innermost toe (left in image), which is normally called the big toe, is the hallux.bones of the foot (the toe bones are the ones in green, blue and orange)detailsidentifierslatindigiti pedismeshd014034ta98a01.1.00.046ta2170fma25046anatomical terminology structure bones of the right foot. plantar surface. human toes a woman's toes decorated with nail polish and henna, and wearing a metti (toe ring) on the second toe, for her wedding there are normally five toes present on each human foot. each toe consists of three phalanx bones, the proximal, middle, and distal, with the exception of the big toe (latin: hallux). for a minority of people, the little toe also is missing a middle bone. the hallux only contains two phalanx bones, the proximal and distal. the joints between each phalanx are the interphalangeal joints. the proximal phalanx bone of each toe articulates with the metatarsal bone of the foot at the metatarsophalangeal joint. each toe is surrounded by skin, and present on all five toes is a toenail. the toes are, from medial to lateral: the first toe, also known as the hallux ("big toe", "great toe", "thumb toe"), the innermost toe; the second toe, ("index toe", "pointer toe"), the third toe, ("middle toe"); the fourth toe, ("fore toe"); and (fourth toe) the fifth toe, ("baby toe", "little toe", "pinky toe", "small toe"), the outermost toe. muscles