Glossary
![Dogs and Cats Paws and Tracks](../../../../images/illustrations%20of%20paws/No%20Bevel%20No%20texture%20with%20Centre%20Sunburst%20Dark%20Blue%204%20px%20stroke%20lines.png)
Foot
Distal part of a limb that bears weight, and facilitates locomotion and manipulation.
![Devon Rex Siamese Cats Revealing Feet](../../../../images/content%20images/Small%20Left%20Pane%20Images/Devon%20Rex%20Siamese%20Cats%20Reveal%20Paws%20SL.jpg)
![Devon Rex Siamese Cats Revealing Feet](../../../../images/content%20images/Small%20Left%20Pane%20Images/Devon%20Rex%20Siamese%20Cats%20Reveal%20Paws%20SL.jpg)
Track
Impression or indentation made on the substrate (ground) by a foot.
![Dog Track in Sand](../../../../images/content%20images/Small%20Left%20Pane%20Images/Dog%20Footprint%20in%20Sand.jpg)
![Dog Track in Sand](../../../../images/content%20images/Small%20Left%20Pane%20Images/Dog%20Footprint%20in%20Sand.jpg)
Toe
A digit of a foot .
Toes are named and identified by Roman numerals.
In a pentadactyl (five-fingered or five-toed) arrangement, the most medial digit, if present, is I (e.g. the human thumb) and the most lateral is V (e.g. the human little finger).
Toes are named and identified by Roman numerals.
In a pentadactyl (five-fingered or five-toed) arrangement, the most medial digit, if present, is I (e.g. the human thumb) and the most lateral is V (e.g. the human little finger).
Symmetrical (Foot or Track)
A foot that displays reflection symmetry around the foot axis;
i.e. one side of the foot axis is the mirror image of the other side.
![Symmetrical Paw of a Puppy](../../../../images/content%20images/Small%20Left%20Pane%20Images/Puppy%20Paw%20Symmetrical%20SL%20Small.jpg)
i.e. one side of the foot axis is the mirror image of the other side.
![Symmetrical Paw of a Puppy](../../../../images/content%20images/Small%20Left%20Pane%20Images/Puppy%20Paw%20Symmetrical%20SL%20Small.jpg)
Foot Axis
An imaginary line that runs long the centre of a foot or track.
![Foot Axis of Dog Foot](../../../../images/content%20images/Small%20Left%20Pane%20Images/Foot%20Axis.png)
![Foot Axis of Dog Foot](../../../../images/content%20images/Small%20Left%20Pane%20Images/Foot%20Axis.png)
Asymmetrical (Foot or Track)
A foot that does not display reflection symmetry around the foot axis;
i.e. one side of the foot axis is not the mirror image of the other side.
![Cougar Track](../../../../images/content%20images/Small%20Left%20Pane%20Images/Cougar%20Track%20Small.jpg)
i.e. one side of the foot axis is not the mirror image of the other side.
![Cougar Track](../../../../images/content%20images/Small%20Left%20Pane%20Images/Cougar%20Track%20Small.jpg)
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