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Persidian · 05-26-2003, 07:34 AM

Hi, I've got a strange question. I vaguely remember mention here of a vestigial muscle in human feet, something we don't need because our feet don't have monkeylike "thumbs."

Can anybody tell me the name of this muscle, and perhaps tell me where to find more info on it? Without the name, I was pretty much drawing blanks on search engines.

Wounded King · 05-26-2003, 08:07 AM

I think you are looking for the Plantaris muscle.

Duvenoy · 05-26-2003, 10:37 AM

"Hay-foot, straw-foot, slew-foot, drag,
Swing your honey to the sugar-foot rag........"

I think WK is right

You might also try a google on human foot anatony, and work from there. It might expand your research.

And welcome to II!

doov

Oolon Colluphid · 05-28-2003, 05:51 AM

Hi Persidian, and welcome to Infidels!

You might also like to look into the extensor coccygis muscle, which would move our tail if it were still a tail; the arrectores pilorum muscles that make our hair stand up (especially handy in women

); and the post-auricular muscle (wiggling our ears being just sooo useful that it was part of god�s design for us

).

Cheers, Oolon

Baloo · 05-28-2003, 02:06 PM

Just wondering: is the dominant trait of "tongue rolling" (the ability to roll one's tongue) a vestigial remnant of any ancestors?

Duvenoy · 05-28-2003, 04:08 PM

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Originally posted by Baloo
Just wondering: is the dominant trait of "tongue rolling" (the ability to roll one's tongue) a vestigial remnant of any ancestors?

Some of our ancestors were giraffes?

Who'da thunk it?

doov

Persidian · 05-29-2003, 09:26 PM

Sorry for the late reply, but thanks all.

05-26-2003, 07:34 AM	#1
Persidian Veteran Member Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 1,133	Starting Off on the Right Foot Hi, I've got a strange question. I vaguely remember mention here of a vestigial muscle in human feet, something we don't need because our feet don't have monkeylike "thumbs." Can anybody tell me the name of this muscle, and perhaps tell me where to find more info on it? Without the name, I was pretty much drawing blanks on search engines.

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05-26-2003, 08:07 AM	#2
Wounded King Veteran Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Edinburgh Posts: 1,211	I think you are looking for the Plantaris muscle.

05-26-2003, 10:37 AM	#3
Duvenoy Veteran Member Join Date: May 2002 Location: Just another hick from the sticks. Posts: 1,108	"Hay-foot, straw-foot, slew-foot, drag, Swing your honey to the sugar-foot rag........" I think WK is right You might also try a google on human foot anatony, and work from there. It might expand your research. And welcome to II! doov

05-28-2003, 05:51 AM	#4
Oolon Colluphid Contributor Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: Alibi: ego ipse hinc extermino Posts: 12,591	Hi Persidian, and welcome to Infidels! You might also like to look into the extensor coccygis muscle, which would move our tail if it were still a tail; the arrectores pilorum muscles that make our hair stand up (especially handy in women ); and the post-auricular muscle (wiggling our ears being just sooo useful that it was part of god�s design for us ). Cheers, Oolon

05-28-2003, 02:06 PM	#5
Baloo Regular Member Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: St. Louis, MO Posts: 417	Just wondering: is the dominant trait of "tongue rolling" (the ability to roll one's tongue) a vestigial remnant of any ancestors?

05-29-2003, 09:26 PM	#7
Persidian Veteran Member Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 1,133	Sorry for the late reply, but thanks all.

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